DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,679

GE DRIVES AND CONTROLS, INC.
GAS POWER DIVISION
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
SALEM, VIRGINIA

TA-W-95,679A

STERLING HEALTH CONSULTING & PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
WORKING ON-SITE AT
GE DRIVES AND CONTROLS, INC.
GAS POWER DIVISION
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
SALEM, VIRGINIA

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 February 12, 2020, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of GE Drives and Controls, Inc., Gas Power
division, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric
Company, Salem, Virginia (TA-W-95,679) and Sterling Health
Consulting & Practice Management, working on-site at GE Drives
and Controls, Inc., Gas Power division, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of General Electric Company, Salem, Virginia (TA-W-
95,679A). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of electronic control systems and parts for gas
and steam industrial power turbines.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition no. TA-W-
93,872. The petition certification expires on September 4,
2020. Workers of Sterling Health Consulting & Practice
Management were not named in the previous certification.
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 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 an
article like or directly competitive with the articles produced
by the workers of the firm, and also acquired from a foreign
country articles like or directly competitive with articles
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to the
worker group separations at GE Drives and Controls, Inc.,
Salem, Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of workers of GE Drives
and Controls, Inc., Gas Power division, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of General Electric Company, Salem, Virginia (TA-W-
95,679) and Sterling Health Consulting & Practice Management,
working on-site at GE Drives and Controls, Inc., Gas Power
division, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric
Company, Salem, Virginia (TA-W-95,679A), who are engaged in
activities related to the production of electronic control
systems and parts for gas and steam industrial power turbines,
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 workers of GE Drives and Controls, Inc.,
Gas Power division, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General
Electric Company, Salem, Virginia (TA-W-95,679), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 5, 2020, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on September 5,
2020 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 Sterling Health Consulting & Practice
Management, working on-site at GE Drives and Controls,
Inc., Gas Power division, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
General Electric Company, Salem, Virginia (TA-W-95,679A),
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after February 11, 2019 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 29th day of August 2020.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance