[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 41 (Friday, February 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 11151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3794]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-59,168]


Joan Fabrics Corporation, Including Workers Whose Wages Were Paid 
by Accuforce Staffing Agency and Valdese Weavers LLC, Siler City, 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 1074 (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 April 25, 2006, applicable to workers of Joan 
Fabrics Corporation, Siler City, North Carolina. The notice was 
published in the Federal Register on May 11, 2006 (71 FR 27519). The 
certification was amended on July 26, 2007 to include workers whose 
wages were paid by AccuForce Staffing Service. The notice as published 
in the Federal Register on August 2, 2007 (72 FR 42432).
    At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers were engaged 
in the production of upholstery, wall panel and tie lining fabrics.
    New information shows that following a corporate decision, workers 
of the Siler City, North Carolina location of the subject firm will 
have their wages reported under a separated unemployment insurance (UI) 
tax account for Valdese Weavers LLC between November 12, 2007 and 
February 29, 2008.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to 
properly reflect this matter.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Joan Fabrics Corporation, Siler City, North Carolina who 
were adversely affected by a shift in production to Mexico.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-59,168 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Joan Fabrics Corporation, including workers whose 
wages were paid by AccuForce Staffing Agency and Valdese Weavers 
LLC, Siler City, North Carolina, who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after April 5, 2005, through April 
25, 2008, 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 15th day of February, 2008.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-3794 Filed 2-28-08; 8:45 am]
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