DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,884
GENERAL ELECTRIC
COMPONENTS-SPECIALTY TRANSFORMER DIVISION
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA

TA-W-57,884A
GENERAL ELECTRIC
MOTORS & CONTROLS DIVISION
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA

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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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, 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 2, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at General Electric, Components-Specialty Transformer
Division, Fort Wayne, Indiana (TA-W-57,884) and General Electric,
Motors & Controls Division, Fort Wayne, Indiana (TA-W-57,884A).
The workers at the Components-Specialty Transformer Division
produce dry type transformers. The workers at the Motors & Control
Division produce enameled wire; the two worker groups are
separately identifiable by product and location.
The investigation revealed that anticipated declines in
employment at both divisions are related to a shift in production
of dry type transformers and enameled wire to a country (Mexico)
that is a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
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 firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable to positions
with similar pay and benefits. Furthermore, competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:


"All workers of General Electric, Components-Specialty
Transformer Division, Fort Wayne, Indiana (TA-W-57,884) and
General Electric, Motors & Controls Division, Fort Wayne,
Indiana (TA-W-57,884A) who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 1, 2004
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 in Washington, D.C., this 14th of September, 2005

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance