DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,390

MAHONING GLASS PLANT
GE APPLIANCES AND LIGHTING DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., INC.
NILES, 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. 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 February 1, 2010, on behalf of workers of Mahoning
Glass Plant, GE Appliances and Lighting Division, a subsidiary
of General Electric Co., Inc., Niles, Ohio. The workers
produce pressed glass reflectors and lenses for spotlights and
floodlights. Workers of Mahoning Glass Plant were covered by
certification TA-W-62,911 that expired on March 28, 2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mahoning Glass
Plant who are engaged in employment related to production of
pressed glass reflectors and lenses meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or threatened with separation
during the period of investigation.
Criterion II has been met the workers' firm has acquired
from a foreign country articles like or directly competitive
with the articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition from
China contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Mahoning Glass Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mahoning Glass Plant,
GE Appliances and Lighting Division, a subsidiary of General
Electric Co., Inc., Niles, Ohio, who are engaged in employment
related to production of pressed glass reflectors and lenses
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 Mahoning Glass Plant, GE Appliances and
Lighting Division, a subsidiary of General Electric Co.,
Inc., Niles, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 29, 2010,
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 7th day of May, 2010

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