DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,801

FIAT CHRYSLER AMERICA (FCA)
STERLING HEIGHTS ASSEMBLY PLANT
STERLING HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 7, 2017 by the International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace and Agriculture Implement Workers of
America (UAW), Local 1700 on behalf of workers of Fiat Chrysler
America (FCA), Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, Sterling
Heights, Michigan (herein referred to as "FCA"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of mid-
size automobiles, specifically the Chrysler 200.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, Crain Publishing's Automotive
News, and a state workforce office.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of automobiles by FCA have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by FCA have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at FCA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fiat Chrysler America
(FCA), Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, Sterling Heights,
Michigan, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of mid-size automobiles, specifically the Chrysler
200, 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 Fiat Chrysler America (FCA), Sterling
Heights Assembly Plant, Sterling Heights, Michigan, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 6, 2016 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 29th day of July 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance