Business Digest.Byline: The Register-Guard CITY/REGION Workers entitled to NAFTA NAFTA in full North American Free Trade Agreement Trade pact signed by Canada, the U.S., and Mexico in 1992, which took effect in 1994. Inspired by the success of the European Community in reducing trade barriers among its members, NAFTA created the world's benefits Roughly 41 workers who lost their jobs at logging equipment maker Ross Corp. last May when production at the Eugene factory was moved to Canada have been ruled eligible for additional benefits under a North American Free Trade Agreement North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), accord establishing a free-trade zone in North America; it was signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and took effect on Jan. 1, 1994. program. Ross Corp.'s parent company, Key Equity Capital, also owns Madill Corp. of Canada, another maker of logging equipment. When Key Equity shut the west Eugene plant, it transferred the plant's production to a Madill factory in Nanaimo, B.C. The U.S. Labor Department The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws for the Executive Branch of the federal government. Its mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working ruled last week that additional worker assistance was warranted because American workers were adversely affected. The workers, who can apply for the benefits at any state Employment Department office, are eligible for a broad range of retraining re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train services including career counseling Noun 1. career counseling - counseling on career opportunities counseling, counselling, guidance, counsel, direction - something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action and job placement assistance. Workers may also receive relocation allowances and income support during long-term retraining. Pape Group buys John Deere outlets The Pape Group Inc. of Eugene has completed the acquisition of two John Deere construction and forestry equipment dealerships in Oregon and Washington, making it the holder of the largest such dealership in the Northwest. Pape, which owns heavy equipment and aircraft-related firms, bought the assets of Portland-based Hessel Tractor & Equipment Co. and Tacoma-based Smith Tractor & Equipment Co. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal also included the purchase of Smith's Bobcat bobcat: see lynx. bobcat Bobtailed, long-legged North American cat (Lynx rufus) found in forests and deserts from southern Canada to southern Mexico. It is a close relative of the lynx and caracal. Northwest outlets, which are being merged with Pape's Bobcat West dealers. The 11 Hessel and Smith outlets have been named Pape Machinery. The acquisition of Hessel and Smith led to the elimination of about five jobs, said Tim Clevenger, Pape's director of corporate development. Pape Machinery will have 253 employees. Rodger Spears, former president of Pape Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Inc., has been named president of Pape Machinery. |
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