DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,974

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
KENTUCKY TRUCK PLANT
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

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 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its 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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on August 10, 2007, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Ford Motor
Company, Kentucky Truck Plant, Louisville, Kentucky. The workers
assemble F-Series Super Duty trucks.
The investigation revealed that employment and production
declined from 2005 to 2006 and in January through July 2007
compared with the same period in 2006.
The Department of Labor conducted an analysis of the United
States market share of vehicles like or directly competitive
with the vehicles produced at the Kentucky Truck Plant. The
investigation determined that imports of such vehicles increased
their share of the U.S. market from 2005 to 2006 and in January
through July 2007 compared with the same period in 2006, while
Ford F-Series trucks decreased their share of the U.S. market
during the same comparative periods.
Although sales of imported like or directly competitive
vehicles declined slightly in 2006 and the partial year 2007
period, sales of like vehicles produced at the subject firm
experienced much greater declines in the same periods, showing
an increased consumer reliance on vehicles produced abroad.
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 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.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with the vehicles produced at the
subject plant contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Ford Motor Company, Kentucky Truck Plant,
Louisville, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 2, 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 30th day of August 2007
/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance