DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,470

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
(GENERAL MOTORS SPRINGHILL MANUFACTURING)
GM NORTH AMERICA DIVISION
SPRINGHILL, TENNESSEE

Certification 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.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 8, 2007, in response
to a petition filed by the International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace and Agriculture Implement Workers of
America, Region 8 and Local Union 1853, on behalf of workers of
General Motors Springhill Manufacturing, Springhill, Tennessee.
The official company name is General Motors Corporation, GM
North America Division, Springhill, Tennessee.
The workers at the subject firm are engaged in the
production of the Saturn ION and Saturn VUE. The workers are
not separately identifiable by vehicle produced.
The decline in employment at the subject firm is in part
related to the shift in production of the Saturn VUE to a
country (Mexico) that is party to a free trade agreement with
the United States.
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 do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with the Saturn VUE produced by
the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of General Motors Corporation, (General Motors
Springhill Manufacturing), GM North America Division,
Springhill, Tennessee, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 4, 2006, through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974 and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of May, 2007


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