DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,524

MATTOON LAMP PLANT
A DIVISION OF GENERAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING
MATTOON, ILLINOIS

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 January 5, 2017 on behalf of workers of Mattoon Lamp
Plant, a Division of General Electric Lighting, Mattoon,
Illinois (Mattoon Lamp Plant). The worker group is engaged in
activities related to the production of burners for halogen
light bulbs and lamps, burners for PAR outdoor floodlights and
automobile headlamps, and axial products used in a variety of
photographic and projection lamps. Workers are not separately
identifiable by article.
The worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Mattoon Lamp Plant 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 burners for halogen light
bulbs and lamps, burners for PAR outdoor floodlights and
automobile headlamps, and axial products used in a variety of
photographic and projection lamps produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Mattoon
Lamp Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mattoon Lamp Plant,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
burners for halogen light bulbs and lamps, burners for PAR
outdoor floodlights and automobile headlamps, and axial
products used in a variety of photographic and projection
lamps, 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 Mattoon Lamp Plant, a Division of General
Electric Lighting, Mattoon, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 4,
2016 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 10th day of March 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance