DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,367

BRIDGEVILLE GLASS PLANT
A SUBSIDIARY OF GE LIGHTING, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
GE LIGHTING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CAREHERE
BRIDGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 October 27, 2016 by the International Union of
Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Communication
Workers of America (IUE/CWA), Local 88640, on behalf of workers
of Bridgeville Glass Plant, a subsidiary of GE Lighting, LLC,
including workers whose wages were reported under GE Lighting,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from CareHere,
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania (herein referred to as "Bridgeville
Glass Plant"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of glass tubing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Bridgeville Glass Plant.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bridgeville Glass
Plant, a subsidiary of GE Lighting, LLC, including workers
whose wages were reported under GE Lighting, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from CareHere, Bridgeville,
Pennsylvania who are engaged in activities related to the
production of glass tubing 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 Bridgeville Glass Plant, a subsidiary of
GE Lighting, LLC, including workers whose wages were
reported under GE Lighting, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from CareHere, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after October 26, 2015 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 22nd day of November 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance