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TAW-74255  /  Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC (Greenville, SC)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 06/07/2009
Filed Date: 06/17/2010
Most Recent Update: 07/07/2010
Determination Date: 07/07/2010
Expiration Date: 07/07/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,255

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, LLC
("FORD CREDIT")
GREENVILLE BUSINESS CENTER
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 June 17, 2010 on behalf of workers of Ford Motor
Credit Company, LLC, Greenville Business Center, Greenville,
South Carolina ("Ford Credit"). The workers are engaged in
activities related to financing services.
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 foreign countries 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"), Greenville Business Center,
Greenville, South Carolina 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"), Greenville Business Center, Greenville, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 7, 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 7th day of July, 2010.

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