DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,657

MIDWEST ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL ELECTRIC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
MANKATO, MINNESOTA

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 18, 2013 by a State workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Midwest Electric Products, Inc., a subsidiary of
General Electric, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Mankato, Minnesota. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to production of outdoor weatherproof
electrical equipment.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the outdoor weatherproof
electrical equipment produced by the workers, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Midwest Electric
Products, Inc., a subsidiary of General Electric, Mankato,
Minnesota.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Midwest Electric
Products, Inc., a subsidiary of General Electric, Mankato,
Minnesota, who are engaged in activities related to production
of outdoor weatherproof electrical equipment, 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 Midwest Electric Products, Inc., a
subsidiary of General Electric, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower, Mankato, Minnesota, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 16, 2012 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 30th day of April, 2013.


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