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TAW-73987  /  Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC (Colorado Springs, CO)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 04/22/2009
Filed Date: 04/23/2010
Most Recent Update: 06/29/2010
Determination Date: 06/29/2010
Expiration Date: 06/29/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,987

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, LLC
("FORD CREDIT")
COLORADO SPRINGS BUSINESS CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MSX INTERNATIONAL
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

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 April 23, 2010 by the Pikes Peak Workforce Center on
behalf of workers of Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC, Colorado
Springs Business Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Ford
Credit). The workers are engaged in activities related to
financing services. The group includes on-site leased workers
from MSX International.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ford Credit who
are engaged in activities related to financing services meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Ford Credit have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Ford Credit to a foreign country in the supply of
services like or directly competitive with those supplied by
Ford Credit.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of financing
services to India, Panama, and Jamaica by Ford Credit
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Ford
Credit.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ford Motor Credit
Company, LLC ("Ford Credit"), Colorado Springs Business
Center, including on-site leased workers from MSX
International, Colorado Springs, Colorado who are engaged in
activities related to financing 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 Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC ("Ford
Credit"), Colorado Springs Business Center, including on-
site leased workers from MSX International, Colorado
Springs, Colorado, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 22, 2009,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 29th day of June, 2010.

/s/Elliott S. Kushner________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance