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TAW-65052  /  General Motors Corporation (Wentzville, MO)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 01/30/2009
Most Recent Update: 04/07/2009
Determination Date: 04/07/2009
Expiration Date:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,052

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
TRUCK DIVISION
WENTZVILLE ASSEMBLY CENTER
WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI

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 January 30, 2009 in
response to a petition filed by the International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of
America, Local 2250, on behalf of workers at General Motors
Corporation, Truck Division, Wentzville Assembly Center,
Wentzville, Missouri. The workers assemble the Chevrolet Express
and GMC Savana full-sized vans. 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 the Chevrolet Express or GMC
Savana, 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 Wentzville Assembly Center. The
Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana are full-sized vans.
The investigation determined that vehicles like or directly
competitive with the subject vehicles were not imported in a fully
assembled form to the U.S. in 2007 or 2008. Furthermore, the
subject vehicles increased their share of the U.S. market from 2007
to 2008.
The Department of Labor also surveyed the subject firm's
primary customers regarding their purchases of full-sized vans
during 2007 and 2008. The survey revealed no customer imports of
assembled full-sized vans.
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 General Motors
Corporation, Truck Division, Wentzville Assembly Center,
Wentzville, Missouri, are denied eligibility to apply for adjust-
ment 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 7th day of April 2008

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance