[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 196 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27215]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-34, 486]


Truit of the Loom, Inc. Contract Business Department Bowling 
Green, Kentucky; Notice of Revised Determination on Reopening

    On September 8, 1998, the Department, on its own motion, reopened 
its investigation for workers and former workers of the subject firm 
engaged in technical support for Fruit of the Loom's overseas 
contractor operations.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on June 3, 1998, because the workers provided a service and did 
not produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(3) of the 
Trade Act of 1974. The notice was published in the Federal Register on 
July 13, 1998 (63 FR 37590).
    New information submitted to the Department reveals that certain 
workers in the Contract Business Department of Fruit of the Loom 
located in Bowling Green, Kentucky provided support activities related 
to the company's decision to increase reliance upon foreign 
contractors. As such, the workers' separations following the completion 
of these support activities were also related to the company's 
increased reliance on imports. All such separations of workers occurred 
between January 1, 1998 and June 30, 1998.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on reopening, 
it is concluded that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with apparel produced by the subject firm contributed 
importantly to the decline in sales and to the total or partial 
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with the 
provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make the following revised 
determination:

    All workers of Fruit of the Loom, Inc., Contract Business 
Department, Bowling Green, Kentucky who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after January 1, 1998 and before 
June 30, 1998 are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of September 1998.
Gramt D. Beale.
Acting Director, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 98-27215 Filed 10-8-98; 8:45 am]
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