DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,840

GE OIL & GAS-CONMEC LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF GE ENERGY MANUFACTURING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM TURNING POINT SYSTEMS, AXIEM, WARSAW INSTITUTE OF
AVIATION, JOHN F WELCH TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 13, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of GE Oil & Gas-Conmec LLC, a subsidiary of GE Energy
Manufacturing, Inc., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The workers
provide design and engineering services. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Turning Point Systems,
AXIEM, Warsaw Institute of Aviation, and John F Welch
Technology Centre.
The investigation revealed that workers of GE Oil & Gas who
are engaged in employment related to design and engineering
services meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined by at least five percent during the
period under investigation.
Criterion II has been met because workers of GE Oil & Gas
provided design and engineering services to a firm that
employed a worker group that is covered by an active
certification to be incorporated into the production of
turbomachinery.
Criterion III has been met because the services provided
by GE Oil & Gas for the firm that employed a worker group
covered by an active certification accounted for at least 20
percent of the production or sales of GE Oil & Gas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GE Oil & Gas-Conmec
LLC, a subsidiary of GE Energy Manufacturing, Inc., Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related to design
and engineering services meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:


"All workers of GE Oil & Gas-Conmec LLC, a subsidiary of
GE Energy Manufacturing, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Turning Point Systems, AXIEM, Warsaw
Institute of Aviation, and John F Welch Technology
Centre, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 2,
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 24th day of February, 2010

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