DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,112

OSRAM SYLVANIA
GENERAL LIGHTING DIVISION
MAYBROOK, NEW YORK


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 March 7, 2003, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
OSRAM Sylvania, General Lighting Division, Maybrook, New York. The
workers produced compact fluorescent light bulbs.
The investigation revealed that production, sales and
employment declined in 2002 compared to 2001.
The investigative finding also revealed that the company
increased imports of compact fluorescent light bulbs 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 compact fluorescent light bulbs
produced at OSRAM Sylvania, General Lighting Division, Maybrook,
New York 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:
"All workers of OSRAM Sylvania, General Lighting Division,
Maybrook, New York, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 21, 2002, through two
years from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 26th day of March 2003.


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