[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 98 (Friday, May 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29273-29274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12395]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-74,935]


Husqvarna Turf Care, a Subsidiary of Husqvarna A.B., Beatrice, 
NE; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for 
Reconsideration

    By application dated April 23, 2011, a petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 
applicable to workers and former workers of Husqvarna Turf Care, a 
subsidiary of Husqvarna A.B., Beatrice, Nebraska (subject firm). The 
negative determination was issued on March 23, 2011. The Department's 
Notice of Determination was published in the Federal Register on April 
11, 2011 (76 FR 20048). The workers are engaged in activities related 
to the production of zero turn mowers for commercial users and home 
owners.
    The negative determination was based on the findings that Criterion 
III has not been met because the worker separations are not 
attributable to increased imports or a shift in production to a foreign 
country. Rather, the investigation established that the worker 
separations were attributable to a shift in production to an affiliated 
facility within the United States, and that the shift is attributable 
to business considerations unrelated to increased imports.
    With regard to the affiliated facility (TA-W-74,418), the worker 
separations were attributable to a shift by the workers' firm of 
computer-aided design (CAD) services to a foreign country. The 
investigation confirmed that the shift of CAD services was unrelated to 
the shift in production in this case.
    With respect to Section 222(c) of the Act, the investigation 
revealed that Criterion (2) has not been met because the firm is not a 
Supplier or Downstream Producer to a firm that employed a worker group 
eligible to apply for TAA.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner stated that ``it 
has been the intent of Husqvarna to gradually but progressively move 
these jobs to another country or countries * * * It has been rumored 
that he (a line leader) has been given the ultimatum to increase his 
production or they would move this line to Germany. In addition to 
this, it was rumored that they had built a new building in Germany * * 
* and that our PZ line was already running in Germany before our plant 
had closed.'' In an attachment to the request, another worker stated 
that ``we have reports that some of our jobs have already been moved to 
foreign soil and that more will be in the future.''
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration and the existing record, and has determined that the 
Department will conduct further investigation to determine if the 
petitioning workers meet the eligibility requirements of the Trade Act 
of 1974, as amended.

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Conclusion

    After careful review of the application, I conclude that the claim 
is of sufficient weight to justify reconsideration of the U.S. 
Department of Labor's prior decision. The application is, therefore, 
granted.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on this 3rd day of May, 2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-12395 Filed 5-19-11; 8:45 am]
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