DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,043

FREIGHTLINER LLC
PORTLAND TRUCK MANUFACTURING PLANT
PORTLAND, OREGON

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on September 5, 2000, in
response to a petition filed by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 1005, Service Employees
International Union Local 49, Teamsters Local 305, and Painters
and Allied Trade Local 1094, on behalf of workers at Freightliner
LLC, Portland Truck Manufacturing Plant, Portland, Oregon. The
workers produced medium and heavy duty trucks.
This investigation revealed that criterion (3) was not met.
Company imports have decreased within the relevant periods.
Aggregate United States imports of class 6 and 7 and class 8
trucks decreased absolutely and relative to U.S. shipments in
January through August 2000, the time period in which layoffs
occurred, compared to January through August 1999.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-4102).
A determination on that petition will be made concurrently with
this determination.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Freightliner LLC, Portland Truck Manufacturing Plant, Portland,
Oregon, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 4th day of December 2000
/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance