DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,761

TECHNICON ENGINEERING
LEASED WORKERS AT BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CORPORATION
AN OPERATING SUBSIDIARY OF REYNOLDS AMERICAN, INC.
MACON, GEORGIA

Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on October 28, 2004, applicable to workers of Technicon
Engineering employed at Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation,
Macon Georgia. The notice will be published soon in the Federal
Register.
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The subject
firm workers were leased workers providing research and
development, and training support services at the Macon, Georgia
facility of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation which produces
cigarettes.
New information provided by the company shows that Brown &
Williamson Tobacco Corporation is currently known as R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, an operating subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc.
as of July 30, 2004. Information also shows that workers separated
from employment at the subject firm had their wages reported under
a separate unemployment insurance (UI) tax account for R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to
properly reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include all
workers of Technicon Engineering who were leased at Brown &
Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Macon, Georgia, were adversely
affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-55,761 is hereby issued
as follows:
“Workers employed by Technicon Engineering, working at Brown &
Williamson Tobacco Corporation, currently known as R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, an operating subsidiary of Reynolds
American, Inc., Macon, Georgia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September 24,
2003, through October 28, 2006, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of November 2004.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,761

TECHNICON ENGINEERING
LEASED WORKERS AT BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION
MACON, GEORGIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on October 8, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Technicon Engineering employed at Brown & Williamson Tobacco
Corporation, Macon, Georgia. The Technicon workers were leased
workers providing research and development, and training support
services at the Macon facility, which produces cigarettes.
Workers at Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Macon,
Georgia were certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment
assistance on January 7, 2004 based on increased imports of
cigarettes (TA-W-53,665).
The current investigation revealed that there was a decline in
employment of the Technicon Engineering workers employed at Macon.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of Brown &
Williamson regarding their purchases of cigarettes. The survey
revealed that, through September, 2004, customers have maintained a
high level of cigarette importation while decreasing purchases from
the Macon, Georgia facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with cigarettes produced by Brown &
Williamson, Macon, Georgia, contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"Workers employed by Technicon Engineering, working at Brown &
Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Macon, Georgia, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 24, 2003, through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 28th day of October 2004.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance