DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,528

DTNA CLEVELAND TRUCK MANUFACTURING PLANT
A SUBSIDIARY OF DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
CLEVELAND, NORTH 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:
(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 March 1, 2016 by three workers on behalf of workers of
DTNA Cleveland Truck Manufacturing Plant, a subsidiary of
Daimler Trucks North America, Cleveland, North Carolina
(herein known as "DTNA Cleveland Truck Manufacturing Plant" or
"workers' firm"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of heavy duty trucks, mainly two
products, the freightliner brand Cascadia model truck and the
Western Star brand truck.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition number
TA-W-82,687 which expired on August 19, 2015.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and workers' firm.
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 relatively shifted to a foreign country the production
of an article like or directly competitive with the article
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at DTNA Cleveland Truck Manufacturing Plant.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of DTNA Cleveland Truck
Manufacturing Plant, a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North
America, Cleveland, North Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of heavy duty trucks,
mainly two products, the freightliner brand Cascadia model
truck and the Western Star brand truck 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 DTNA Cleveland Truck Manufacturing Plant,
a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, Cleveland,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 20, 2015 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 22nd day of April 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance