DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,699

GENERAL ELECTRIC
INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS DIVISION
MORRISON, ILLINOIS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on February 20, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers at
General Electric, Industrial Systems Division, Morrison, Illinois.
The workers were engaged in activities related to the production of
cold (appliance) controls. The workers are separately
identifiable.
Subject plant sales, production and employment declined during
the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the company recently
began increasing their reliance on imported cold (appliance)
controls.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with cold controls contributed importantly to
the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certifications:
"All workers of General Electric, Industrial Systems Division,
Morrison, Illinois engaged in the production of cold controls
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after February 2, 2000, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 12th day of March, 2001

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance