ETA Federal Register Notice

VF KNITWEAR, Inc. Hillsville, Virginia and VF KNITWEAR, Inc. Bassett Walker-Stuart Division Stuart, Virginia; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance [09/04/98]

Volume 63, Number 172, Page 47327-47328

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-34,567 and TA-W-34-567A]

 
VF KNITWEAR, Inc. Hillsville, Virginia and VF KNITWEAR, Inc. 
Bassett Walker-Stuart Division Stuart, Virginia; Amended Certification 
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 
2273) the Department of Labor issued a Notice of Certification 
Regarding Eligibility to Apply to Worker Adjustment Assistance on June 
8, 1998, applicable to workers of VF Knitwear, Inc. located in 
Hillsville, Virginia. The notice was published in the Federal Register 
on July 13, 1998 (63 FR 37590).
    At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The company reports that 
temporary

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separations have occurred at the VF Knitwear plant located in Stuart, 
Virginia and all workers producing t-shirts and fleece wear will be 
separated from employment when the plant closes in October 1998.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of VF Knitwear, Inc. adversely affected by increased imports. 
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to include 
workers of VF Knitwear, Inc., Bassett-Walker, Stuart Division, Stuart, 
Virginia.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-34,567 us hereby issued as 
follows:

    ``All workers of VF Knitwear, Inc., Hillsville, Virginia (TA-W-
34,567) and VF Knitwear, Inc., Bassett-Walker, Stuart Division, 
Stuart, Virginia (TA-W-34,567A) who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after May 11, 1997 through June 8, 
2000, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistant under Section 
223 of the Trade Act of 1974.''

    Signed in Washington, DC this 19th day of August 1998.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 98-23862 Filed 9-3-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-30-M

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