DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,134

WINCHESTER LAMP PLANT
A SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
CONSUMER & INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
DIVERSCO JANITORIAL SERVICES AND ADECCO STAFFING SERVICES
WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA

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 August 26, 2009 on behalf of workers of Winchester Lamp
Plant, a subsidiary of General Electric Company, Inc., Consumer
& Industrial Lighting Division, Winchester, Virginia. The
workers produce light bulbs used in appliances and ceiling fans.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Diversco
Janitorial Services and Adecco Staffing Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Winchester Lamp
Plant who are engaged in employment related to the production of
light bulbs meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have become totally or partially separated or have been
threatened with total or partial separation during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
to a foreign country in the production of articles like or
directly competitive with the light bulbs produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to China and
Mexico contributed importantly to worker separations at the
Winchester, Virginia facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Winchester Lamp
Plant, a subsidiary of General Electric Company, Inc.,
Consumer & Industrial Lighting Division, Winchester, Virginia,
who are engaged in employment related to production of light
bulbs 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 Winchester Lamp Plant, a subsidiary of
General Electric Company, Inc., Consumer & Industrial
Lighting Division, including on-site leased workers from
Diversco Janitorial Services and Adecco Staffing
Services, Winchester, Virginia who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 19,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the 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 8th day of December, 2009

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance