DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,667

DAIMLER GASTONIA COMPONENTS AND LOGISTICS LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF DAIMLER AG
GASTONIA, 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 February 7, 2020, by the United Auto Workers (UAW),
Local 5286 on behalf of workers of Daimler Gastonia Components
and Logistics LLC, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, Gastonia, North
Carolina ("Gastonia Components and Logistics"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
component parts for heavy vehicles, such as trucks and buses.
Gastonia Components and Logistics is considered to be
inclusive of both the manufacturing facility at 1400 Tulip
Drive and the Fairview Warehouse at 2651 Fairview Drive.
Gastonia Components and Logistics workers were previously
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance on March
9, 2017, under petition number TA-W-92,147.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the 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 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 Gastonia Components and Logistics.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Daimler Gastonia
Components and Logistics LLC, a subsidiary of Daimler AG,
Gastonia, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of component parts for heavy vehicles, 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 Daimler Gastonia Components and Logistics
LLC, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, Gastonia, North Carolina,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 10, 2019, 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 21st day of May 2020.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance