DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,324

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
VEHICLE OPERATIONS DIVISION
WIXOM ASSEMBLY PLANT
WIXOM, MICHIGAN

Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration

On July 10, 2007, the Department issued an Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application on Reconsideration applicable
to workers and former workers of the subject firm. The notice
was published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2007 (72 FR
39078).
The previous investigation initiated on April 18, 2007,
resulted in a negative determination issued on May 7, 2007, was
based on the finding that imports of vehicles like or directly
competitive with the Lincoln Towncar did not contribute
importantly to worker separations at the subject firm and no
shift of production to a foreign source occurred. The denial
notice was published in the Federal Register on May 24, 2007 (72
FR 29182).
To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner
supplied additional information to supplement that which was
gathered during the initial investigation. Upon further review
of the information and a contact with the company official, it
was revealed that the subject firm started shifting production
of the Lincoln Towncar to Canada during the relevant period and
that this shift contributed to the layoffs at the subject firm.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers’ firm or subdivision to Canada of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Ford Motor Company, Vehicle Operations
Division, Wixom Assembly Plant, Wixom, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 12, 2006, through two years from the date of this
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and
are eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 22nd day of August 2007.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,324

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
VEHICLE OPERATIONS DIVISION
WIXOM ASSEMBLY PLANT
WIXOM, MICHIGAN

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 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 directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;



B. there has been a shift in production by such workers’ firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on April 18, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a UAW Representative on behalf of workers at
Ford Motor Company, Vehicle Operations Division, Wixom Assembly
Plant, Wixom, Michigan. The workers at the subject firm assemble
the Lincoln Towncar.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import vehicles like or directly competitive with those assembled
at the Wixom plant in 2005, 2006 or January through March 2007, nor
did it shift production to a foreign country in this period.
The Department of Labor conducted an analysis of the United
States market share of vehicles like or directly competitive with
the Lincoln Towncar. The investigation determined that in the 2005-
2006 period imports of comparable vehicles declined as a percent of
total sales of such vehicles in the United States. And in January
through March 2007, compared with the same period in 2006, imports
of such vehicles decreased while Ford Motor Company increased its
sales of the Lincoln Towncar.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Ford Motor Company,
Vehicle Operations Division, Wixom Assembly Plant, Wixom, Michigan
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under


Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 7th day of May 2007



/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance









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