DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,530

GENERAL ELECTRIC LLC
LEXINGTON LAMP PLANT
LIGHTING DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF GE LIGHTING
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

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 6, 2017 by the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 1627, on behalf of workers of
General Electric LLC, Lexington Lamp Plant, Lighting Division,
a subsidiary of GE Lighting, Lexington, Kentucky (General
Electric-Lexington Lamp Plant). Workers at General Electric-
Lexington Lamp Plant are engaged in activities related to the
production of sealed beam lamps, which is primarily used for
outdoor lighting, automotive headlamps, aircraft lighting
locomotive lighting, stage & studio lighting. The worker
groups are not separately identifiable by articles produced. The
subject worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in General Electric-
Lexington 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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the articles produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at General Electric-Lexington Lamp Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of General Electric-
Lexington Lamp Plant, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of sealed beam 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 General Electric LLC, Lexington Lamp
Plant, Lighting Division, a subsidiary of GE Lighting,
Lexington, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 5, 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 1th day of March 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance