[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18927-18928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9344]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-39,628]


Henderson Sewing Machine Company, Inc. Andalusia, Georgia; Notice 
of Negative Determination on Remand

    The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) granted the 
Secretary of Labor's motion for a voluntary remand for further 
investigation in Former Employees of Henderson Sewing Machine Company, 
Inc. v. United States Secretary of Labor, No 01-00883.
    The Department's initial negative determination of eligibility to 
apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for the workers and former 
workers of Henderson Sewing Machine Company located in Andalusia, 
Georgia was issued on August 29, 2001 and published in the Federal 
Register on September 11, 2001 (66 FR 47241). The denial was based the 
fact that workers of the subject firm did not produce an article within 
the meaning of Section 223(3) of the Trade Act of 1974.
    On voluntary remand, the Department conducted further investigation 
concerning the eligibility of former workers at Henderson Sewing 
Company, Inc., Andalusia, Georgia to apply for trade adjustment 
assistance (TAA).
    The results of the investigation on remand revealed that during the 
relevant period, the company laid off a total of two administrative 
workers. Another five workers left on their own accord, due to various 
personal reasons. None of these workers were engaged in the manufacture 
of any product while employed at the subject facility.

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    Further, the overwhelming portion of the activities performed at 
the subject facility relates to the sales of industrial sewing machines 
and related parts. The company also produces components that attach to 
the sewing machine (value added) before they are sold. The company 
indicated that this is a negligible portion of the total functions 
performed at the subject facility.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the results of the remand 
investigation, I affirm the original notice of negative determination 
of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance for workers and 
former workers of Henderson Sewing Machine Company, Inc., Andalusia, 
Georgia.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 6th day of February 2002.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-9344 Filed 4-16-02; 8:45 am]
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