DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,597

GE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

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 worker
petition filed on October 16, 2009, on behalf of workers of GE
Healthcare Systems, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The workers produce
patient monitoring equipment and electronic circuit boards.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Adecco.
The investigation revealed that workers of GE Healthcare
Systems, who are engaged in employment related to production
of patient monitoring equipment and electronic circuit boards
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment declined by
at least five percent during the period under investigation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country acquisition of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition from
China by GE Healthcare Systems contributed importantly to
worker separations at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GE Healthcare
Systems, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment
related to production of monitoring equipment and electronic
circuit boards 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 GE Healthcare Systems, including on-site
leased workers from Adecco, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 12, 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 27th of April, 2010

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