[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 44541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21154]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-35,704]


Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc., Including Workers of Ethicon, 
Inc., Kelly Services, Inc., and Altemps, Arlington, Texas; Amended 
Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Workers Adjustment 
Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on March 25, 1999, applicable to 
workers of Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc, located in Arlington, Texas. 
The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 11, 1999 (64 FR 
25372).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers produce 
surgical latex gloves. Company information shows that Ethicon, Inc. is 
the parent firm of Johnson & Johnson Medical located in Arlington, 
Texas. The company also reports that some workers separated from 
employment at Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc., Arlington, Texas had 
their wages reported under three separate unemployment insurance (UI) 
tax accounts, at Ethicon, Inc., Kelly Services, Inc., and Altemps, 
Arlington, Texas. Workers from these companies produced surgical latex 
gloves at the Arlington, Texas facility of Johnson & Johnson Medical, 
Inc.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending the 
certification in include workers from Ethicon, Inc., Kelly Services, 
Inc., and Altemps who were engaged in the production of surgical latex 
gloves at Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc., Arlington, Texas.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. adversely affected by 
imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-35,704 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc., Arlington, Texas 
and workers of Ethicon, Inc., Kelly Services, Inc. and Altemps, 
Arlington, Texas engaged in employment related to the production of 
surgical latex gloves for Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc., 
Arlington, Texas who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after April 19, 1999 through March 25, 2001 are 
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 5th day of August, 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-21154 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]
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