[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18821]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-50,468]


Textron, Cushman, Inc., Lincoln, NE; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter postmarked March 26, 2003, the Paper, Allied-Industrial, 
Chemical and Energy International Workers Union, Local 5-0907, 
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 3, 2003, based on the finding that imports of mini 
trucks, three wheel scooters, turf care application products, etc., did 
not contribute importantly to worker separations at the subject plant. 
The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on February 24, 
2003 (68 FR 8619).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the union supplied 
additional information to supplement that which was gathered during the 
initial investigation.
    Upon further review and contact with the company, it was revealed 
that the company increased their imports of components competitive with 
those produced by the subject firm during the relevant period, 
contributing to the layoffs at the subject firm. The workers are not 
separately identifiable by product line.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at Textron, Cushman, Inc., 
Lincoln, Nebraska, contributed importantly to the declines in sales or 
production and to the total or partial separation of workers at the 
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of Textron, Cushman, Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
December 30, 2001 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 16th day of July, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-18821 Filed 7-23-03; 8:45 am]
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