[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 6213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2862]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-50,167]


Bike Athletic Company, Knoxville, TN; Amended Certification 
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker 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 December 4, 2002, applicable 
to workers of Bike Athletic Company, Cutting Department, Knoxville, 
Tennessee. The notice was published in the Federal Register on December 
23, 2002 (67 FR 78256).
    The Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, 
Tennessee/Kentucky requested that the Department expand the 
certification to include all workers of the subject firm. The 
Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. 
The findings show that the Department issued certification coverage to 
all workers of the subject firm's Cutting Department.
    The investigation conducted for the subject firm was on behalf of 
workers manufacturing (cut fabric) men's and women's athletic team 
apparel. The investigation revealed that company imports of men's and 
women's athletic team apparel increased while production and employment 
declined during the period of the investigation, thus impacting all 
workers of the subject firm.
    It is the intent of the Department to include all workers of Bike 
Athletic Company adversely affected by increased imports. Therefore, 
the Department is amending the certification determination to correctly 
identify the worker group to read all workers.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-50,167 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    ``All workers of Bike Athletic Company, Knoxville, Tennessee who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
November 21, 2001, through December 4, 2004, are eligible to apply 
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 
1974.''

    Signed at Washington, DC this 14th day of January 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-2862 Filed 2-5-03; 8:45 am]
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