DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,963

GENERAL ELECTRIC - CAROLINA PRODUCTS PLANT
GE HOME & BUSINESS SOLUTIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADECCO TEMPORARY AGENCY AND WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
GOLDSBORO, 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 November 27, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of General Electric - Carolina Products Plant, GE Home
& Business Solutions Division, Goldsboro, North Carolina. The
workers produce specialty and conventional lead wires. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Adecco
Temporary Agency and Wayne Memorial Hospital.
The investigation revealed that workers of General Electric
who are engaged in employment related to production of lead
wires meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the firm
declined by at least five percent during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the firm has
shifted to Hungary and Mexico the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Goldsboro, North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of General Electric -
Carolina Products Plant, GE Home & Business Solutions
Division, Goldsboro, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of specialty and
conventional lead wires 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 - Carolina Products
Plant, GE Home & Business Solutions Division, including
on-site leased workers from Adecco Temporary Agency and
Wayne Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 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 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 17th day of February, 2010


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