DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,377

RYDER INTEGRATED LOGISTICS
A SUBSIDIARY OF RYDER SYSTEMS, INC.
NORCROSS, 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 November 10, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Ryder Integrated Logistics, a subsidiary of
Ryder Systems, Inc., Norcross, Georgia. The workers provide
shipping services strictly for the General Motors manufacturing
facility in Doraville, Georgia. Specifically, the workers load and
unload trailers with automotive freight and containers and deliver
the parts or containers to the GM manufacturing facility.
The investigation revealed the workers of Ryder Integrated
Logistics, a subsidiary of Ryder Systems, Inc., Norcross, Georgia,
were in direct support of production and under sufficient control
of General Motors Corporation, Vehicle Manufacturing Division,
Doraville Assembly Plant, Doraville, Georgia.
All workers of General Motors Corporation, Vehicle
Manufacturing Division, Doraville Assembly Plant, Doraville,
Georgia, were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
(TA-W-63,941), based on increased aggregate imports of like or
directly competitive vehicles.
The investigation determined that the decline in employees of
Ryder Integrated Logistics, Inc. is related to the increase in U.S.
imports of vehicles like or directly competitive with those
produced at General Motors Corporation, Vehicle Manufacturing
Division, Doraville Assembly Plant, Doraville, Georgia.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with vehicles produced by General
Motors Corporation, Vehicle Manufacturing Division, Doraville
Assembly Plant, Doraville, Georgia, 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 Ryder Integrated Logistics, a subsidiary of
Ryder Systems, Inc., Norcross, Georgia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 5,
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 15th day of December 2008



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