[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67645-67646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19716]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-59,847]


Label World Incorporated Rochester, NY, Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated October 5, 2006, a company official requested 
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance, applicable to the workers of Label World Incorporated, 
Rochester, New York (subject firm). The Department's determination was 
issued on August 25, 2006. The Department's Notice of determination was 
published in the Federal Register on September 13, 2006 (71 FR 54095). 
Workers produce die-cut thermal media and labels for home photo 
printing.
    The petition alleges that the subject firm shifted production 
abroad and provided information that implied that the subject firm's 
major customer was importing from Mexico.
    The denial was based on the Department's findings that the subject 
firm did not shift abroad, that neither the subject firm nor the firm's 
customer increased imports of thermal media or labels during the 
relevant period, and that the firm's major customer is transferring its 
reliance of thermal media and labels from the subject firm to a Mexican 
facility but will not import like or directly competitive articles.
    In the request for reconsideration, the company official states 
that the subject firm supplied a component part of an article that was 
produced by a customer who shifted production of the final product to 
Mexico.
    Although secondary impact (the subject firm is a supplier of a 
component part for a TAA-certified firm and loss of business with the 
TAA-certified customer contributed importantly to the workers' 
separations) was not apparent in the petition, the Department 
determined that to conduct such an investigation is in the best 
interest of the separated workers.
    The reconsideration investigation revealed that the subject firm 
produced and packaged cut media paper, which was supplied to a TAA-
certified firm (Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester Film Finishing 
Division, Rochester, New York; TA-W-58,105) to be incorporated into the 
final product (Kodak Color Cartridge and Photo Paper

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Kit). Following the loss of cut media paper business with this company, 
the subject firm ceased production of cut media paper and separated the 
subject workers (July 2006).
    In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the results 
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply 
for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
    In order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility 
to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements of Section 246 of 
the Trade Act must be met. The Department has determined in this case 
that the requirements of Section 246 have been met.
    A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over and 
possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive conditions 
within the industry are adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the information obtained in the 
reconsideration investigation, I determine that workers of Label World 
Incorporated, Rochester, New York qualify as adversely affected 
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of Label World Incorporated, Rochester, New York, 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after July 26, 2005 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, and are eligible to apply for 
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 9th day of November 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-19716 Filed 11-21-06; 8:45 am]
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