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DETROITÛÓThe United 'Auto Workers union, charging that 39,000 Chrys-a ler workers lost their jobs partly because the company imported cars built in Canada, has asked the federal government to grant the workers extra Unemployment benefits.</br></br>he UAW said the workers, most of them laid off since November, are eligible for special unemployment benefits under provisions of the Trade Act of 1974.</br></br>The UAW said the act provides special benefits for workers who lose their jobs because of competition from foreign importsÛÓin this case cars built at ChryslerÛªs Canadian plants.</br></br>The union also noted that all imports have gained an expanded share of the U.S. market this year, up from 16 to 21 per cent, causing further unemployment.</br></br>Chrysler says it brought in 78,000 cars from its Canadian plants in the first third of th year to sell in the United States, while exporting 60,000 to Canada from U.S. plants.