DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,294

GE ELECTRIC
CONSUMER & INDUSTRIAL DIVISION
RAVENNA LAMP PLANT
RAVENNA, OHIO

Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration
of Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

By letter dated August 17, 2004, a petitioner requested
administrative reconsideration regarding Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The negative determination was
signed on July 29, 2004 and published in the Federal Register on
August 20, 2004 (69 FR 51716).
The workers of GE Electric, Consumer & Industrial Division,
Ravenna Lamp Plant, Ravenna, Ohio were certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) on July 29, 2004.
The initial ATAA investigation determined that the skills of
the subject worker group are easily transferable to other
positions in the local area.
The petitioner alleges in the request for reconsideration
that the skills of the workers at the subject firm are not easily
transferable.
Additional investigation has determined that the workers
possess skills that are not easily transferable. A significant
number or proportion of the worker group are age fifty years or
over. Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that the requirements of Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers
at the subject firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of GE Electric, Consumer & Industrial Division,
Ravenna Lamp Plant, Ravenna, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 16,
2003 through July 29, 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 in Washington, D.C. this 15th day of September 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________

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


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,294

GE ELECTRIC
CONSUMER & INDUSTRIAL DIVISION
RAVENNA LAMP PLANT
RAVENNA, OHIO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
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 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 July 22, 2004 and filed on
behalf of workers at General Electric, Ravenna Lamp Plant, Consumer
& Industrial Division, Ravenna, Ohio. The workers produce high
density discharge lamps.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales, and
production declined at the subject firm from January through June
2004 compared to the same period in 2003.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of lamps
increased during the relevant period.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are
adverse).
The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met. The investigation revealed that the workers at the subject
firm possess skills that are easily transferable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive produced at the subject firm
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
“All workers of General Electric, Consumer & Industrial
Division, Ravenna Lamp Plant, Ravenna, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 16, 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.”
I further determine that all workers of General Electric,
Consumer & Industrial Division, Ravenna Lamp Plant, Ravenna, Ohio,
are denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of July, 2004.
/s/ Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance