DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,631

CHRYSLER, LLC
DETROIT AXLE PLANT
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

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 December 9, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by the International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of
America, Local 961, on behalf of workers of Chrysler, LLC, Detroit
Axle Plant, Detroit, Michigan. The workers are engaged in the
production of automotive axles a substantial portion of which are
shipped to an affiliated plant where they are used in the assembly
of automotive vehicles.
The investigation revealed that employment and sales at the
Detroit Axle Plant declined from 2006 to 2007 and in January
through November 2008 compared with the same period in 2007.
The subject workers were part of an integrated production
process supporting automotive vehicle production at two Chrysler
LLC affiliates, the St. Louis North Assembly Plant, Fenton,
Missouri, and the Manufacturing Truck and Activity Division,
Jefferson North Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan. Workers at
these two facilities were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance. Workers at the Detroit Axle Plant are
affected by the same factors that led to the certification of the
workers engaged in the production of automobiles at the affiliated
assembly plants.
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 automotive vehicles produced by
the subject firm or subdivision 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 Chrysler, LLC, Detroit Axle Plant, Detroit,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 8, 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 12th day of January 2009
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance