DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,584

CHRYSLER GROUP LLC
FORMERLY KNOWN AS CHRYSLER LLC
QUALITY ENGINEERING CENTER
AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 8, 2009 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Chrysler Group LLC, formerly known as Chrysler
LLC, Quality Engineering Center, Auburn Hills, Michigan. The
workers are engaged in activities related to automobile
engineering and production.
The workers are part of an integrated production process
supporting automotive vehicle production at several Chrysler
Group LLC affiliates, including Chrysler Group LLC, formerly
known as Chrysler LLC, Belvidere Assembly Plant, Belvidere,
Illinois. Workers at the Belvidere Assembly Plant were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance based on increased
aggregate imports of automobiles like or directly competitive
with the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot. Workers
at the Quality Engineering Center are affected by the same
factors that led to the certification of the workers engaged in
the production of automobiles at the affiliated assembly plant.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Quality
Engineering Center who are engaged in employment related to
automobile engineering meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because sales and
production by the workers' firm have decreased absolutely during
the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the Dodge Caliber,
Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot have increased. Specifically,
imports of economy small cars and entry-level crossover-utility
vehicles have increased relative to domestic production.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the relative increase in U.S. aggregate imports of economy
small cars and entry-level crossover-utility vehicles
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Quality Engineering Center.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chrysler Group LLC,
formerly known as Chrysler LLC, Quality Engineering Center,
Auburn Hills, Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to
automobile engineering 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 Chrysler Group LLC, formerly known as
Chrysler LLC, Quality Engineering Center, Auburn Hills,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 15, 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 10th day of March, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance