[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 10709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2974]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-57,896]


Cranford Woodcarving, Inc. Including Workers Whose Wages Were 
Paid by Tri-State Employment Services, Inc., a Subsidiary of The 
McCrorie Group Plants 1, 4, and 7, Including On-Site Leased Workers of 
Express Personnel, Hickory, NC; Amended Certification Regarding 
Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 
Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273), and section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as 
amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility 
to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance on November 22, 2005, applicable to workers of 
Cranford Woodcarving, Inc., a subsidiary of The McCrorie Group, Plants 
1, 4, and 7, including on-site leased workers of Express Personnel, 
Hickory, NC. The notice was published in the Federal Register on 
December 15, 2005 (70 FR 74367).
    At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged 
in the production of wood components (e.g., carvings and turnings); 
they are not separately identifiable by articles produced.
    Information provided by the company shows that Tri-State Employment 
Service, Inc., was contracted by Cranford Woodcarving, Inc., to provide 
payroll function and benefit services to workers on-site at the 
Hickory, NC location of Cranford Woodcarving, Inc.
    Information also shows that all workers separated from employment 
at the subject firm had their wages reported under a separate 
unemployment insurance (UI) tax account for Tri-State Employment 
Service, Inc.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending this 
certification to include workers whose wages were reported by Tri-State 
Employment Service, Inc., at Cranford Woodcarving, Inc., a subsidiary 
of The McCrorie Group, Plants 1, 4, and 7, Hickory, NC.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Cranford Woodcarving, Inc., were adversely affected by 
increased customer imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-57,896 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Cranford Woodcarving, Inc. including workers 
whose wages were reported by Tri-State Employment Service, Inc., a 
subsidiary of the McCrorie Group, Plants 1, 4, and 7, including on-
site leased workers of Express Personnel, Hickory, North Carolina, 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after September 2, 2004, through November 22, 2007, are eligible to 
apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act 
of 1974 and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade 
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of February 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-2974 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
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