DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,789

GE MOTORS OPERATION
MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or subdi-
vision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or appro-
priate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on July 8, 2002 in response to
a petition filed by International Union of Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers/Communications Workers of America, Local 83703, on
behalf of workers at GE Motors Operation, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
The workers produced one and two speed fractional horsepower motors
for use in the vertically integrated manufacturing of washing
machines and dryers.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
U.S. imports of AC motors, single-phase, not elsewhere
specified or otherwise indicated, single-phase, exceeding 74.6
watts but not exceeding 735 watts decreased in 2001 compared to
2000 and in January through May 2002 compared to the same period in
2001.
The company announced its intention to transfer all production
of two speed fractional horsepower motors from the subject facility
to a company-owned foreign facility in November 2002. The company
will not begin to import these two-speed motors until October 2002.
Production of one-speed fractional horsepower motors will remain
primarily at the subject plant.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm sends
the motors to an affiliated location to be integrated into
appliances. The company did not import these motors during the
relevant period.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of GE
Motors Operation, Murfreesboro, Tennessee are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of September, 2002
Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance