DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,038

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
TWIN CITIES ASSEMBLY PLANT
VEHICLE OPERATIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, ALBERS MECHANICAL, ALLIEDBARTON, ALLIED SYSTEMS
ARISTEO, AUTOPORT COLLINS ELECTRIC, GUARDSMARK, GREAT WESTERN
RECYCLING, HEALTHSOURCE SOLUTIIONS, KELLY SERVICES, MARSDEN
BUILDING MAINTENANCE, PENSKI LOGISTICS PPG INDUSTRIES,
WASTE MANAGEMENT, VMX, NASCOTE INDUSTRIES, DELPHI ELECTRONICS &
SAFETY, UNICOMM, AND PACER INTERNATIONAL
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

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 February 9, 2012, applicable to workers
of Ford Motor Company, Twin Cities Assembly Plant, Vehicle
Operations Division, St. Paul, Minnesota. The workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of pickup trucks.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on February 28,
2012 (77 FR 12083).
At the request of the Minnesota State agency, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. New
information from the company shows that workers leased from
Aerotek, Albers Mechanical, Alliedbarton, Allied Systems,
Aristeo, Autoport, Collins Electric Guardsmark, Great Western
Recycling, Healthsource Solution, Kelly Services, Marsden
Building Maintenance, Penski Logistics, PPG Industries, Waste
Management, VMX, Nascote Industries, Delphi Electronics & Safety,
Unicomm, and Pacer International were employed on-site at the St.
Paul, Minnesota location of Ford Motor Company, Twin Cities
Assembly Plant, Vehicle Operations Division. The Department has
determined that these workers were sufficiently under the control
of Ford Motor Company, Twin Cities Assembly Plant, Vehicle
Operations Division, St. Paul, Minnesota to be considered leased
workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from the above mentioned
firms working on-site at the St. Paul, Minnesota location of the
subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by a
shift in production of pickup trucks to Thailand, Brazil, and
South Africa.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-81,038 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers from Ford Motor Company, Twin Cities
Assembly Plant, Vehicle Operations Division, St. Paul,
Minnesota, including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek, Albers Mechanical, Alliedbarton, Allied
Systems, Aristeo, Autoport, Collins Electric,
Guardsmark, Great Western Recycling Healthsource
Solutions, Kelly Services Marsden Building Maintenance,
Penski Logistics, PPG Industries, Waste Management,
VMX, Nascote Industries, Delphi Electronics & Safety,
Unicomm, and Pacer International, St. Paul, Minnesota,
who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 13, 2010, through
February 9, 2014, 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 1074, as amended.”
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of March 2012

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,038

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
TWIN CITIES ASSEMBLY PLANT
VEHICLE OPERATIONS DIVISION
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers’
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 31, 2011 by a Minnesota state workforce official
on behalf of workers of Ford Motor Company, Twin Cities Assembly
Plant, Vehicle Operations Division, St. Paul, Minnesota. The
workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
pickup trucks.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and publicly available sources of
data.
The investigation revealed that the worker group likely
includes on-site leased workers under the operational control of
Ford Motor Company. This certification will likely be amended to
specifically identify the leasing firms when the Department
confirms that information.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers’ firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like or
directly competitive with the pickup trucks produced by the
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Ford Motor Company, Twin Cities Assembly Plant.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ford Motor Company,
Twin Cities Assembly Plant, Vehicle Operations Division, St.
Paul, Minnesota, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of Ford Ranger pickup 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 Ford Motor Company, Twin Cities Assembly
Plant, Vehicle Operations Division, St. Paul, Minnesota, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 13, 2010, 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 9th day of February, 2012.

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance



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