DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,409

GENERAL ELECTRIC
SENSING & INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES
ST. MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA

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 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 November 13, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by IUE-CWA Local 502 on behalf of
workers of General Electric Sensing & Inspection Technologies, St.
Marys, Pennsylvania. The workers produce sensors and thermisters.
The subject firm has separated a significant portion of its
workforce in St. Marys.
The Department of Labor surveyed major declining customers of
the subject firm regarding their purchases of sensors and
thermisters. The survey revealed that respondents increased their
imports while decreasing purchases from the subject firm in 2007
and in January through November 2008 compared with the same periods
one year earlier.
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.
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.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with sensors and thermisters produced
at General Electric Sensing & Inspection Technologies, St. Marys,
Pennsylvania 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 General Electric Sensing & Inspection
Technologies, St. Marys, Pennsylvania who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 10,
2007 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 12th day of January, 2009

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