DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,345

GENERAL ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS
COMPONENTS PLANT
PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT


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 by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an 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 adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 1, 2002 and filed on behalf of workers at
General Electric Industrial Systems, Components Plant, Plainville,
Connecticut. The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of enclosure fabrications, load centers and switches.
Investigative findings revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject firm during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased their reliance on imported enclosure fabrications, load
centers and switches formerly produced at Plainville, Connecticut
during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at General
Electric Industrial Systems, Components Plant, Plainville,
Connecticut, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of General Electric Industrial Systems,
Components Plant, Plainville, Connecticut, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after October 7,
2001 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 20th day of December, 2002



/s/Elliott S. Kushner_
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance