DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,941

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
VEHICLE MANUFACTURING DIVISION
DORAVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ALLEGIS STAFFING AGENCY AND DDI
DORAVILLE, GEORGIA

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 27, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of General Motors Corporation, Vehicle
Manufacturing Division, Doraville Assembly Plant, Doraville,
Georgia. The workers assembled Chevrolet Uplander and Pontiac
Montana SV6 minivans. Workers are not separately identifiable by
specific vehicle.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Allegis Staffing Agency and DDI.
The investigation revealed that employment and sales
declined in 2007 compared with 2006, and also declined in
January through August 2008 compared with the same period in
2007.
The Department of Labor conducted an analysis of the United
States market share of vehicles like or directly competitive
with the vehicles produced in Doraville. Chevrolet Uplander and
Pontiac Montana SV6 are minivans. The investigation determined
that imports of such vehicles increased in January through
August 2008 compared with the same period in 2007. Imports
increased their share of the U.S. market while the subject
vehicles decreased their share. Sales of other domestically
manufactured vehicles in the same category declined as well.
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 General Motors Corporation, Vehicle
Manufacturing Division, Doraville Assembly Plant, including
on-site leased workers from Allegis Staffing Agency and
DDI, Doraville, Georgia, who become totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 26, 2007
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 28th day of October 2008
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance