DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,767

GENERAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING-RAVENNA LAMP PLANT,
LIGHTING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
DEVORE TECHNOLOGIES
RAVENNA, OHIO

Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on September 24, 2009, applicable to workers of
General Electric Lighting-Ravenna Lamp Plant, Lighting Division,
including on-site leased workers from DeVore Technologies,
Ravenna, Ohio. The notice was published in the Federal Register
on November 17, 2009 (74 FR 59252).
At the request of the State Agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of high
intensity discharge lamps.
The review shows that on August 24, 2007, a certification of
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance was issued from
all workers of General Electric, Ravenna Lamp Plant, Ravenna,
Ohio, separated for employment on or after July 30, 2006 through
August 24, 2009. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on September 11, 2007 (72 FR 51844)
In order to avoid an overlap in worker group coverage, the
Department is amending the July 10, 2008 impact date established
for TA-W-71,767, to read August 25, 2009.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-71,767 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of General Electric Lighting-Ravenna Lamp
Plant, Lighting Division, including on-site leased
workers from DeVore Technologies, Ravenna, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after August 25, 2009, through September 24,
2011, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 26th day of February 2010.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,767

GENERAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING-RAVENNA LAMP PLANT
LIGHTING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DEVORE TECHNOLOGIES
RAVENNA, OHIO

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. (Set forth in 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 July 22, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
General Electric Lighting-Ravenna Lamp Plant, Lighting Division,
Ravenna, Ohio (General Electric Lighting). The workers are engaged
in activities related to the production of high intensity discharge
lamps. The worker group also includes on-site leased workers from
DeVore Technologies.
The investigation revealed that workers of General Electric
Lighting who are engaged in activities related to the production
of high intensity discharge lamps meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers in the workers’ firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of high intensity discharge lamps by General
Electric Lighting to Hungary during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production of
light bulbs by General Electric Lighting to Hungary contributed
importantly to worker group separations at General Electric
Lighting-Ravenna Lamp Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of General Electric
Lighting-Ravenna Lamp Plant, Lighting Division, including on-site
leased workers from DeVore Technologies, Ravenna, Ohio, who are
engaged in activities related to production of high intensity
discharge lamps, 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 General Electric Lighting-Ravenna Lamp Plant,
Lighting Division, including on-site leased workers from
DeVore Technologies, Ravenna, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 10, 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 24th day of September, 2009


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance







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