ETA Federal Register Notice

DMI Furniture, Inc., Plant #4, Ferdinand, Indiana; Notice of Revised Determination on Reopening [02/22/2000]

Volume 65, Number 35, Page 8742

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-37,109]

 
DMI Furniture, Inc., Plant #4, Ferdinand, Indiana; Notice of 
Revised Determination on Reopening

    By letter of February 4, 2000, the United Steelworkers of America, 
District 7, Sub District 3, Indianapolis, Indiana, requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination applicable to workers of the subject firm. In the 
meantime, the Department obtained information relevant to the petition 
investigation. Consequently, the petition investigation for workers of 
DMI Furniture, Inc. Plant #4, Ferdinand, Indiana was reopened.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on January 26, 1999, based on the finding that criterion (3) of 
Section 222 of the Trade Act was not met. The separation of workers at 
the Ferdinand, Indiana plant of the subject firm was attributable to 
the shift in production of commercial office furniture to other 
domestic facilities of DMI, Furniture, Inc.
    New information obtained on reopening shows that a major declining 
customer of the subject firm has increased its reliance on imports of 
commercial office furniture.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on reopening, 
I conclude that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with commercial office furniture contributed importantly to 
the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial 
separation of workers of DMI Furniture, Inc., Ferdinand, Indiana. In 
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following revised 
determination:

    ``All workers of DMI Furniture, Inc., Plant #4, Ferdinand, 
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after November 9, 1998, through two years from the date of 
this issuance are eligible to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.''

    Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of February 2000.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-4132 Filed 2-18-00; 8:45 am]
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