DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,080

GENERAL ELECTRIC DOTHAN MOTOR PLANT
GE ENERGY DIVISION
DOTHAN, ALABAMA

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 May 13, 2010 by a company official on behalf of workers
of General Electric Dothan Motor Plant, GE Energy Division,
Dothan, Alabama. The workers are engaged in the production of DC
motors.
The investigation revealed that workers of General Electric
Dothan Motor Plant, GE Energy Division, Dothan, Alabama who
are engaged in employment related to the production of DC
motors, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become separated at the Dothan, Alabama
location during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm is
shifting a substantial portion of production to a foreign
country of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the workers' firm at the Dothan, Alabama
facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico by General Electric Dothan Motor Plant
contributed importantly to worker separations at the Dothan,
Alabama facility.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of General Electric
Dothan Motor Plant, GE Energy Division, Dothan, Alabama 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 Dothan Motor Plant, GE
Energy Division, Dothan, Alabama, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 10,
2009, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 June, 2010

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance