DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,392

CLEVELAND CASTING PLANT
A SUBSIDIARY OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY
POWERTRAIN DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PREMIER,
GUARDS MARK, DTE, INDUSTRIAL FIRST, CASTROL, AND KURTZ BROTHERS
CLEVELAND, OHIO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 21, 2009, by the United Autoworkers, Local 1250 on
behalf of workers of Cleveland Casting Plant, a subsidiary of
Ford Motor Company, Powertrain Operation Division, Cleveland,
Ohio. The workers produce cast iron engine blocks used the
production of engines.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Premier, Guards Mark, DTE, Industrial First, Castrol, and Kurtz
Brothers. Workers of Cleveland Casting Plant were previously
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance on July 3,
2007 (TA-W-61,685) based on increased customer imports. That
certification expired on July 3, 2009. However, that
certification did not include the on-site leased workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cleveland
Casting Plant who are engaged in employment related to the
production of cast iron engine blocks meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
employees were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the cast iron engine blocks
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to Mexico by
the workers' firm contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Cleveland, Ohio facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cleveland Casting
Plant, a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, Powertrain
Operation Division, Cleveland, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of cast iron engine blocks
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Cleveland Casting Plant, a subsidiary of
Ford Motor Company, Powertrain Operation Division, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 4, 2009, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended.
And
All workers from Premier, Guards Mark, DTE, Industrial
First, Castrol, and Kurtz Brothers working on-site at
Cleveland Casting Plant, a subsidiary of Ford Motor
Company, Powertrain Operation Division, Cleveland, Ohio
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 20, 2008, through two years from the date
of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on the
date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 8th day of December, 2009

/s/Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance