Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 08/06/2008
Filed Date: 08/07/2009
Most Recent Update: 03/17/2010
Determination Date: 03/17/2010
Expiration Date: 03/17/2012
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-71,952
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY
FORMERLY KNOWN AS GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
ORION ASSEMBLY PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK AUTOMOTIVE, RYDER AND
PREMIER MANUFACTURING SUPPORT SERVICES
LAKE ORION, MICHIGAN
Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on March 17, 2010, applicable to workers of General
Motors Company, formerly known as General Motors Corporation,
Orion Assembly Plant, Lake Orion, Michigan. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on April 23, 2010 (75 FR
21355). The notice was amended on August 25, 2010 to include on-
site leased workers from Aerotek Automotive. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on September 7, 2010 (75 FR
54388)
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
assembled the Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6.
New information shows that workers leased from Ryder and
Premier Manufacturing Support Services were employed on-site at
the Lake Orion, Michigan location of General Motors Company,
formerly known as General Motors Corporation, Orion Assembly
Plant. The Department has determined that these workers were
sufficiently under the control of the subject firm to be
considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Ryder and Premier
Manufacturing Support Services working on-site at the Lake Orion,
Michigan location of General Motors Company, formerly known as
General Motors Corporation, Orion Assembly Plant.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-71,952 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of General Motors Company, formerly known
as General Motors Corporation, Orion Assembly Plant,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek
Automotive, Ryder and Premier Manufacturing Support
Services, Lake Oregon, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August
6, 2008, through March 17, 2012, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 25th day of October 2010.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
__________________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-71,952
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY
FORMERLY KNOWN AS GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
ORION ASSEMBLY PLANT
LAKE ORION, 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 August 7, 2009 by the International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW), Local 5960, on behalf of workers of General Motors
Company, formerly known as General Motors Corporation, Orion
Assembly Plant, Lake Orion, Michigan. The workers assembled the
Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Orion Assembly
Plant meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
of workers has been separated in the last year.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales and
production of automobiles by the Orion Assembly Plant decreased
in January through August 2009 compared with the same period in
2008.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of lower mid-range automobiles like or directly
competitive with the automobiles assembled at the Orion Assembly
Plant have increased relative to sales in January through August
2009 compared with the same period in 2008.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
relative increase in U.S. aggregate imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and sales/production
declines at the Orion Assembly Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of General Motors Company,
formerly known as General Motors Corporation, Orion Assembly Plant,
Lake Orion, Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to the
assembly of automobiles 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 General Motors Company, formerly known as
General Motors Corporation, Orion Assembly Plant, Lake Orion,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 6, 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 17th day of March, 2010
/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-71,952
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY
FORMERLY KNOWN AS GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
ORION ASSEMBLY PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK AUTOMOTIVE, RYDER AND
PREMIER MANUFACTURING SUPPORT SERVICES
LAKE ORION, MICHIGAN
Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on March 17, 2010, applicable to workers of General
Motors Company, formerly known as General Motors Corporation,
Orion Assembly Plant, Lake Orion, Michigan. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on April 23, 2010 (75 FR
21355). The notice was amended on August 25, 2010 to include on-
site leased workers from Aerotek Automotive. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on September 7, 2010 (75 FR
54388)
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
assembled the Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6.
New information shows that workers leased from Ryder and
Premier Manufacturing Support Services were employed on-site at
the Lake Orion, Michigan location of General Motors Company,
formerly known as General Motors Corporation, Orion Assembly
Plant. The Department has determined that these workers were
sufficiently under the control of the subject firm to be
considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Ryder and Premier
Manufacturing Support Services working on-site at the Lake Orion,
Michigan location of General Motors Company, formerly known as
General Motors Corporation, Orion Assembly Plant.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-71,952 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of General Motors Company, formerly known
as General Motors Corporation, Orion Assembly Plant,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek
Automotive, Ryder and Premier Manufacturing Support
Services, Lake Oregon, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August
6, 2008, through March 17, 2012, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 25th day of October 2010.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
__________________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-71,952
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY
FORMERLY KNOWN AS GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
ORION ASSEMBLY PLANT
LAKE ORION, 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 August 7, 2009 by the International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW), Local 5960, on behalf of workers of General Motors
Company, formerly known as General Motors Corporation, Orion
Assembly Plant, Lake Orion, Michigan. The workers assembled the
Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Orion Assembly
Plant meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
of workers has been separated in the last year.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales and
production of automobiles by the Orion Assembly Plant decreased
in January through August 2009 compared with the same period in
2008.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of lower mid-range automobiles like or directly
competitive with the automobiles assembled at the Orion Assembly
Plant have increased relative to sales in January through August
2009 compared with the same period in 2008.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
relative increase in U.S. aggregate imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and sales/production
declines at the Orion Assembly Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of General Motors Company,
formerly known as General Motors Corporation, Orion Assembly Plant,
Lake Orion, Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to the
assembly of automobiles 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 General Motors Company, formerly known as
General Motors Corporation, Orion Assembly Plant, Lake Orion,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 6, 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 17th day of March, 2010
/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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