DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,510

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
CHICAGO ASSEMBLY PLANT
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Negative Determinations 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, 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 November 21, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Ford Motor Company, Chicago Assembly Plant, Chicago,
Illinois. The workers assemble Ford Taurus, Ford Taurus X, Lincoln
MKS and Mercury Sable. Workers are not separately identifiable by
specific vehicle.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) have not been met.
The subject firm did not import Ford Taurus, Ford Taurus X,
Lincoln MKS or Mercury Sable, nor did it shift production of those
vehicles to a foreign country during the relevant period.
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 Chicago Assembly Plant. The Lincoln
MKS was excluded from the analysis because its sales did not
decline from 2006 to 2007 or in January through October 2008
compared with the same period in 2007. Ford Taurus and Mercury
Sable are premium mid-range cars; Taurus X is a mid-range
crossover-utility vehicle.
The investigation determined that imports of such vehicles
decreased their share of the U.S. market from 2006 to 2007 and in
January through October 2008 compared with the same period in 2007,
while the share of other domestically manufactured vehicles in the
same categories increased. The loss of market share by vehicles
assembled at the Chicago Assembly Plant is attributable to
increased relative sales of other domestically-made vehicles, not
due to an increase in market share of imported like and directly
competitive vehicles.
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 the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Ford Motor Company,
Chicago Assembly Plant, Chicago, Illinois, 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 4th day of December 2008


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