DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,512

RYDER SYSTEMS
SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS AND FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS DIVISIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
RANDSTAD AND EMPLOYMENT PLUS
WORKING ON-SITE AT
GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLE MANUFACTURING
SHREVEPORT ASSEMBLY PLANT
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) 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;

(2) 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

(3) 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly to
another firm component parts for articles, or services used in
the production of articles or in the supply of services, as the
case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of a
group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 18, 2012 by a state workforce office and a company
official on behalf of workers of Ryder Systems, Supply Chain
Solutions and Fleet Management Systems, working on-site at
General Motors Vehicle Manufacturing, Shreveport Assembly Plant,
Shreveport, Louisiana (Ryder Systems). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of freight tracking
and engineering services. The subject worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Randstad and Employment Plus.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Ryder Systems is a
Supplier 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 is related to the finished
article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Ryder Systems with the firm that employed a certified
worker group contributed importantly to worker separations at
Ryder Systems.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ryder Systems, Supply
Chain Solutions and Fleet Management Systems, including on-site
leased workers from Randstad and Employment Plus, working on-site
at General Motors Vehicle Manufacturing, Shreveport Assembly
Plant, Shreveport, Louisiana, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of freight tracking and engineering
services meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Ryder Systems, Supply Chain Solutions and
Fleet Management Systems, including on-site leased workers
from Randstad and Employment Plus, working on-site at
General Motors Vehicle Manufacturing, Shreveport Assembly
Plant, Shreveport, Louisiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 17,
2011, 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 24th day of May, 2012.


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