[Federal Register: April 27, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 80)]
[Notices]               
[Page 22651-22652]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[NAFTA-01223]

 
Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. A/K/A Ethicon, Inc. Including 
Temporary Workers of Kelly Services, Inc., El Paso, Texas; Amended 
Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA-Transitional 
Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with section 250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title 
II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 USC 2273), the Department 
of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for NAFTA-
Transitional Adjustment Assistance on October 9, 1997, applicable to 
all workers of Johnson & Johnson Medical, Incorporated located in El 
Paso, Texas. The certification was amended on October 30, 1997, to 
include temporary workers of Kelly Services, Incorporated, engaged in 
employment related to the production of surgical gowns, drapes and 
sheets at Johnson & Johnson Medical's El Paso plant.
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. New information provided 
by a company official and the State agency reveal that as of January 1, 
1998, Johnson and Johnson Medical Inc. and Ethicon, Inc. merged. Some 
of the workers at the El Paso plant have had their wages reported to 
the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax account for Ethicon, Inc.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to cover all 
workers of Johnson & Johnson Medical, Incorporated, El Paso, Texas who 
were adversely affected by the shift in production to Mexico. 
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to include 
workers of Ethicon, Inc.
    The amended notice applicable to NAFTA-01223 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Johnson & Johnson Medical, Incorporated, also 
known as Ethicon, Inc., El Paso, Texas, including temporary workers 
of Kelly Services, Incorporated engaged in employment related to the 
production of surgical gowns, drapes and sheets for Johnson & 
Johnson Medical, Incorporated, El Paso, Texas, who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after August 29, 1995 
through October 9, 1998, are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under 
section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of April, 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-10476 Filed 4-26-99; 8:45 am]
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