DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,737

GENERAL ELECTRIC ELECTROMATERIALS
COSHOCTON, OHIO

INCLUDING EMPLOYEES OF GENERAL ELECTRIC ELECTROMATERIALS
COSHOCTON, OHIO WORKING IN THE STATES OF:

TA-W-54,737A MINNESOTA

TA-W-54,737B WASHINGTON

Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on May 17, 2004,
applicable to workers of General Electric Electromaterials,
Coshocton, Ohio. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on June 17, 2004 (69 FR 33942).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. New
information shows that worker separations have occurred involving
employees of General Electric Electromaterials, Coshocton, Ohio
working in Minnesota and Washington. These employees provide
support function services for the production of bare printed
circuit boards (PCBs) and rolls of mica paper produced at the
Coshocton, Ohio location of the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include employees of General Electromaterials,
Coshocton, Ohio working in Minnesota and Washington.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of General Electric Electromaterials who were
adversely affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-54,737 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of General Electric Electromaterials,
Coshocton, Ohio (TA-W-54,737), including employees of
General Electric Electromaterials, Coshocton, Ohio,
working in Minnesota (TA-W-54,737A) and Washington (TA-
W-54,737B), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 31, 2003, through May
17, 2006, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade
Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 26th day of October 2004.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,737

GENERAL ELECTRIC ELECTROMATERIALS
COSHOCTON, OHIO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance as a secondarily affected worker group, the group
eligibility requirements in either paragraph (b)(3)(A) or (b)(3)(B)
of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met. It is determined in
this case that the requirements of (b)(3)(B) of Section 222 have
been met.
The investigation was initiated on April 19, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of America Local
4377 on behalf of workers of General Electric Electromaterials,
Coshocton, Ohio. Workers of the subject firm produce bare printed
circuit boards (PCBs) and rolls of mica paper; they are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers at the subject firm
are threatened with separation.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
supplies bare PCBs to, which are used to produce loaded PCBs, and
the loss of business with manufacturers whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed
importantly to the threat of worker seperations at the subject
firm.
Furthermore, the Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm’s sole customer in regards to purchases of rolled mica paper.
This survey revealed increased imports.
In addition, In order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the division are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the subject firm qualify
as adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
“All workers of the General Electric Electromaterials,
Coshocton, Ohio who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 31, 2003, through two years from
the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 17th day of May 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance