DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,618

VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
NEW RIVER VALLEY PLANT
DUBLIN, VIRGINIA



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 9, 2009 by the United Auto Workers Local 2069 on
behalf of workers of Volvo Trucks North America, New River
Valley Plant, Dublin, Virginia (Volvo Trucks North America).
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of Class 8 Heavy Duty highway trucks. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Volvo
Trucks North America, New River Valley Plant, Dublin, Virginia
who are engaged in activities related to the production of Class
8 Heavy Duty highway trucks meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of Class 8 Heavy Duty highway trucks by the
subject firm decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with Class 8 Heavy Duty
highway trucks produced by Volvo Trucks North America have
increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a
survey of the subject firm's major declining customer regarding
their purchases of Class 8 Heavy Duty highway trucks during the
relevant period. The survey revealed increased customer reliance
on imported Class 8 Heavy Duty highway trucks.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of Class 8 Heavy Duty highway trucks by
customers of Volvo Trucks North America contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Volvo Trucks North America.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Volvo Trucks North
America, New River Valley Plant, Dublin, Virginia, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of Class 8 Heavy
Duty highway trucks 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 Volvo Trucks North America, New River
Valley Plant, Dublin, Virginia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 9,
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 4th day of December 2009


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance