[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33526-33527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15950]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[NAFTA-02667; NAFTA-02667A]


Russell Corp., Marianna, Florida and Jerzees Activewear, 
Niceville, Florida; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To 
Apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with Section 250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title 
II, of the Trade Act of 1974 as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department 
of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker 
Adjustment Assistance on November 24, 1998, applicable to all workers 
at Russell Corp., Marianna, Florida. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on December 16, 1998 (63 FR 69314).
    At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged 
in the production of men's and women's activewear (T-shirts, plackets, 
headwear and fleece). Findings show that Jerzees Activewear, Niceville, 
Florida is a division of Russell Corp. The workers are engaged in the 
production of knitted T-shirts and sweatwear. The company reports that 
worker separations will occur at Jerzees Activewear when it closes in 
July, 1999.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to cover 
the workers of Jerzees Activewear, Niceville, Florida.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of

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Russell Corp. adversely affected by increased imports from Mexico.
    The amended notice applicable to NAFTA-02667 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Russell Corp., Marianna, Florida (NAFTA-02667) 
and Jerzees Activewear, Niceville, Florida (NAFTA-02667A) who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after September 
8, 1997 through November 24, 2000 are eligible to apply for NAFTA-
TAA under Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 9th day of June, 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-15950 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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