DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,991

VASCOR, LTD.
A DIVISION OF APL LOGISTICS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CTS ADVANTAGE LOGISTICS, EXPRESS PERSONNEL, AND HR OPTIONS
WORKING ON-SITE AT NEW UNITED MOTOR MANUFACTURING, INC.
A VENTURE OF GENERAL MOTORS & TOYOTA MOTORS
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs additional,
value-added production processes or services directly for
another firm for articles or services with respect to which a
group of workers in such other firm has been certified under
subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act]" and defines the term
"value-added production processes or services" to "include final
assembly, finishing, testing, packaging, or maintenance or
transportation services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 2, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Vascor, Ltd., a division of APL Logistics, working
on-site at United Motor Manufacturing, Inc., a venture of
General Motors and Toyota Motors, Fremont, California
(Vascor). The workers provide finished vehicle inspection,
logistics support, and transportation services and are working
on-site at a Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) - certified
firm. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
CTS Advantage Logistics, Express Personnel, and HR Options.
The investigation revealed that workers of Vascor who are
engaged in activities related to finished vehicle inspection,
logistics support, and transportation services meet the
criteria as a Downstream Producer for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
employees have been separated from the subject firm and the
remaining workers are threatened with future separations.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Vascor
supplied finished vehicle inspection, logistics support, and
transportation services to a firm that employed a worker group
who is covered by an active TAA certification and the services
provided by the subject firm was related to the article that
was the basis of the firm's certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by the subject firm with the TAA-certified firm contributed
importantly to the worker separations at Vascor.











Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vascor, Ltd., a
division of APL Logistics, including on-site leased workers
from CTS Advantage Logistics, Express Personnel, and HR
Options, working on-site at New United Motors Manufacturing,
Inc., a venture of General Motors and Toyota Motors, Fremont,
California, who are engaged in activities related to finished
vehicle inspection, logistics support, and transportation
services 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 Vascor, Ltd., a division of APL
Logistics, including on-site leased workers from CTS
Advantage Logistics, Express Personnel, and HR Options,
working on-site at New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc.,
a venture of General Motors and Toyota Motors, Fremont,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 1, 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 7th day of January, 2010

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