DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,182

GE TRANSPORTATION

A WABTEC COMPANY

ERIE, 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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 8, 2020 by State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers and former workers of GE Transportation, A WABTEC
Company, Erie, Pennsylvania (GE/WABTEC-Erie). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of
locomotives, freight cars, passenger transit vehicles, and
related component parts.

Workers were eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance benefits under TA-W-93,917 (certification expired on
September 28, 2020).

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and other
sources.

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in GE/WABTEC-Erie have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production at GE/WABTEC-Erie have decreased absolutely.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by GE/WABTEC-Erie have increased during the relevant
period when compared to the representative base period.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at GE/WABTEC-Erie.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GE/WABTEC-Erie 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 GE Transportation, A WABTEC Company, Erie,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 29, 2020 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 7th day of February, 2021

/s/ Del-Min Amy Chen
_______________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance