DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,923

GE LIGHTING, INC.
OHIO LAMP PLANT
INCLUDING WORKERS FROM OSS, INC.
WARREN, OHIO

TA-W-81,923A

RANDSTAD WORKING ON-SITE AT GE LIGHTING, INC.
OHIO LAMP PLANT
WARREN, 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:
(1) 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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm
have decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied
by such firm 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.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 27, 2012 by International Union of Electronic,
Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers -
Communications Workers of America (IUE-CWA), Local 84722 on
behalf of workers of GE Lighting, Inc., Ohio Lamp Plant,
including on-site leased workers from OSS, Inc., Warren, Ohio
(TA-W-81,923) and Randstad working on-site at GE Lighting,
Inc., Ohio Lamp Plant, Warren, Ohio (TA-W-81,923A) (GE Ohio
Lamp Plant). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of halogen parabolic aluminized
reflectors (PAR) light bulbs.
The worker group, GE Lighting, Inc., Ohio Lamp Plant,
including on-site leased workers from OSS, Inc., Warren, Ohio
(TA-W-81,923), were certified eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) benefits under petition (TA-W-
72,207) which expired on October 29, 2011. The worker group,
Randstad working on-site at GE Lighting, Inc., Ohio Lamp
Plant, Warren, Ohio (TA-W-81,923A), was not included under
petition (TA-W-72,207).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's customers.
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 sales
and production of halogen parabolic aluminized reflectors
(PAR) light bulbs by GE Ohio Lamp Plant have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by GE Ohio Lamp Plant have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at GE
Ohio Lamp Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GE Lighting, Inc.,
Ohio Lamp Plant, including on-site leased workers from OSS,
Inc., Warren, Ohio (TA-W-81,923) and Randstad working on-site
at GE Lighting, Inc., Ohio Lamp Plant, Warren, Ohio (TA-W-
81,923A), who are engaged in activities related to the
production of halogen parabolic aluminized reflectors (PAR)
light bulbs 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 GE Lighting, Inc., Ohio Lamp Plant,
including on-site leased workers from OSS, Inc., Warren,
Ohio (TA-W-81,923), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 30, 2011
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;
AND


All workers of Randstad working on-site at GE Lighting,
Inc., Ohio Lamp Plant, Warren, Ohio (TA-W-81,923A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 24, 2011 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 4th day of December, 2012.


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