[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 145 (Monday, July 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43788-43789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17131]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,566]


WestPoint Home, Bath Products Division, Including Former On-Site 
Corporate Employees, Including On-Site Leased Workers from A-1 
Employment, Inc., Valley, AL; 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) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance on January 18, 2008, applicable to workers of WestPoint 
Home, Bath Products Division, including on-site leased workers from A-1 
Employment, Inc., Valley, Alabama. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6212).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers were engaged 
in the production of bath towels.
    New findings show that former corporate employees were employed on-
site at the Valley, Alabama location of WestPoint Home, Bath Products 
Division. The corporate employees provided various activities 
supporting the production of bath towels that were produced at the Bath 
Products Division, Valley, Alabama location of the subject firm.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending the 
certification to include former corporate employees working on-site at 
the Bath Products Division of WestPoint Home, Valley, Alabama.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers

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employed at WestPoint Home, Bath Products Division, Valley, Alabama who 
were adversely affected by a shift in production of bath towels to 
Pakistan.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-62,566 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of WestPoint Home, Bath Products Division, including 
on-site former corporate employees, including on-site leased workers 
from A-1 Employment, Inc., Valley, Alabama, who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after December 10, 2006, 
through January 18, 2010, 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 16th day of July 2008.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-17131 Filed 7-25-08; 8:45 am]
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