DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,290

UNISON ENGINE COMPONENTS
SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
GENERAL ELECTRIC AVIATION DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
JOHNNY TAYLOR, GREG HENKEL, US SECURITY, YU-KEN CUT IT
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 18, 2009 on behalf of workers of Unison Engine
Components, subsidiary of General Electric Company, General
Electric Aviation Division, Asheville, North Carolina
(hereinafter referred to as Unison Engine Components). The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
turbine components used in aircraft engines. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from US Security, Yu-Ken Cut,
CADstar International and Greg Henkel.
The investigation revealed that workers of Unison Engine
Components meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become separated during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country a portion of the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of components of turbines used in aircraft engines
to China by Unison Engine Components has contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Asheville,
North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Unison Engine
Components, subsidiary of General Electric Company, General
Electric Aviation Division, Asheville, North Carolina,
including on-site leased workers from US Security, Yu-Ken Cut,
CADstar International and Greg Henkel, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Unison Engine Components, subsidiary of
General Electric Company, General Electric Aviation
Division, Asheville, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 16,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 26th day of February, 2010

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




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