
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, February 7, 1994                   TAG: 9402070100
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: REDMOND, WASH.                                LENGTH: Short

IDLED NINTENDO WORKERS FIRST TO GET NAFTA AID

Laid-off Nintendo of America workers are the first in the nation to qualify for federal help under the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The U.S. Labor Department ruling Friday covered 136 workers laid off by the video game maker on Jan. 11, 10 days after the agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada was implemented.

Workers who lose their jobs when their employer moves operations to Mexico or Canada between Dec. 8, 1993 and Sept. 30, 1994, qualify for federal job-search and retraining services and extended unemployment benefits. - Associated Press

by CNB