U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,145

THE JEWELRY STREAM
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Notice of Affirmation Determination
Regarding Application for Reconsideration

By application dated October 1, 2010, a California state
workforce official requested administrative reconsideration of the
Department of Labor's termination of investigation applicable to
workers and former workers of M & L Manufacturing, Inc. and The
Jewelry Stream, Los Angeles California. The termination notice was
signed on August 20, 2010, and was published in the Federal
Register on September 3, 2010 (75 FR 54187).
The termination of investigation was based on information
obtained during the initial investigation that the firm identified
in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition -- M & L
Manufacturing, Inc. and The Jewelry Stream, Los Angeles, California
-- is not one firm but are separate, unaffiliated companies.
Therefore, the Department determined that the petition is invalid.
In the request for reconsideration, the state workforce
official stated that the individual on whose behalf the TTA
petition was filed believed that the aforementioned companies are
one firm. In support of the request for reconsideration, the state
workforce official supplied new and additional information provided
by the individual who sought assistance from the state workforce
official (“I started to work for M & L Manufacturing, Inc. on
August of 1990, but for some reason and without notification I
started to receive my checks in 2005 under the name of The Jewelry
Stream . . . I was under the impression that I had worked for the
same company from 1990 to 2008.”
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 (the newly clarified worker group, The
Jewelry Stream, Los Angeles, California) meet the eligibility
requirements of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
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 at Washington, D.C., this 10th day of November, 2010

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
_______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,145

M & L MANUFACTURING, INC.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
AND
THE JEWELRY STREAM
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA



Notice of Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended,
an investigation was initiated in response to a petition filed on
December 24, 2009 by the State of California Trade Adjustment
Assistance Coordinator on behalf of workers of M & L Manufacturing,
Inc., Los Angeles, California and The Jewelry Stream, Los Angeles,
California.
The investigation revealed that the companies identified are
in the petition are separate, unaffiliated companies. Therefore,
the Department has determined that the petition is invalid.
Consequently, the investigation has been terminated.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 20th day of August, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
____________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance






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