[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 27108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12424]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-50,633]


Barry of Goldsboro, Goldsboro, NC; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated March 25, 2003, the company requested 
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on February 11, 2003, was based on the finding that the workers 
did not produce a product under the meaning of section 222 of the Act. 
The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on March 26, 
2003 (68 FR 14708).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company supplied 
additional information to supplement that which was gathered during the 
initial investigation. The company indicated that the plant workers 
were also engaged in value-added production that was necessary to 
complete the product (slippers).
    An analysis of the functions supplied by the company on 
reconsideration show that the workers were engaged not only engaged in 
packaging and warehousing, but the actual finishing of the product 
(slippers).
    An examination of information provided by the company during the 
initial investigation shows that the company shifted all plant 
production and related functions to Mexico during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that there were layoffs and a shift in 
production from the workers firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles 
like or directly competitive with those produced at Barry of Goldsboro, 
Goldsboro, North Carolina. In accordance with the provisions of the 
Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Barry of Goldsboro, Goldsboro, North Carolina, 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after January 20, 2002 through two years from the date of this 
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 1st day of May 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-12424 Filed 5-16-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-30-P