DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,396

GE OIL & GAS OPERATIONS, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADECCO, ARGUS TECHNICAL, INC., FOX VALLEY METROLOGY
URS CORP. AND COMPUCOM
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN

Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on September 28, 2011,
applicable to workers of GE Oil & Gas Operations, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Adecco and Argus Technical, Inc.,
Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of high speed reciprocating and
centrifugal compressors primarily used in the oil and gas
industry. The notice was published in the Federal Register on
October 20, 2011 (76 FR 65214).
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. New
information shows that workers leased from Fox Valley Metrology,
URS Corp. and CompuCom were employed on-site at the Oshkosh,
Wisconsin location of GE Oil & Gas Operations, LLC. The
Department has determined that these workers were sufficiently
under the control of GE Oil & Gas Operations, LLC to be
considered leased workers.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm adversely affected by increased
company imports of high speed reciprocating and centrifugal
compressors primarily used in the oil and gas industry.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Fox Valley
Metrology, URS Corp. and CompuCom working on-site at the Oshkosh,
Wisconsin location of the subject firm.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-80,396 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of GE Oil & Gas Operations, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Adecco, Argus Technical,
Inc., Fox Valley Metrology, URS Corp. and CompuCom,
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 26, 2010,
through September 28, 2013, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974.”
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 30th day of January 2012

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,396

GE OIL & GAS OPERATIONS LLC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADECCO AND ARGUS TECHNICAL INC.
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
(ii) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have increased; and
(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm or subdivision

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 29, 2011 by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), District 10 on behalf
of workers of GE Oil & Gas Operations LLC., Oshkosh, Wisconsin
(GE Oil & Gas). The workers’ firm is engaged activities related to
the production of high speed reciprocating and centrifugal
compressors primarily used in the oil and gas industry.
The worker group also consists of on-site leased workers from
Adecco and Argus Technical Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and the U.S. International Trade
Commission’s Interactive Tariff and Trade Dataweb.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in such workers’ firm have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally
or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the production
of high speed reciprocating and centrifugal compressors by GE Oil
& Gas have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because firm-wide
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the article
produced by GE Oil & Gas have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and production declines at GE Oil & Gas.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (“Act”), 26 U.S.C. 2813, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are
adverse).

Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) has been met because a significant
number of workers in the workers’ firm are 50 years of age or
older.
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II) has been met because the workers
in the workers’ firm possess skills that are not easily
transferrable.
Finally, Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(III) has been met because
conditions within the workers’ industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GE Oil & Gas Operations
LLC., Oshkosh, Wisconsin including on-site leased workers from
Adecco and Argus Technical Inc., who are engaged in activities
related to the production of high speed reciprocating and
centrifugal compressors meet the worker group certification
criteria under 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 Oil & Gas Operations LLC., Oshkosh,
Wisconsin including on-site leased workers from Adecco and
Argus Technical Inc., who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 26, 2010,
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, and are also eligible to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.”
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 28th day of September, 2011

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance



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