DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,358

CLIPPER WINDPOWER, LLC
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING LEASED ON-SITE WORKERS OF APPLEONE AND ACCOUNTEMPS
CARPINTERIA, CALIFORNIA

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 22, 2012 on behalf of workers of Clipper
Windpower, LLC, Accounts Payable Department, Carpinteria,
California (Clipper-Accounts Payable). The subject workers
are engaged in activities related to the supply of invoice
processing services.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Clipper-Accounts
Payable 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 supply of invoice
processing services like or directly competitive with the
services supplied by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Clipper-Accounts Payable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Clipper Windpower,
LLC, Accounts Payable Department, Carpinteria, California,
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 Clipper Windpower, LLC, Accounts Payable
Department, including on-site leased workers of AppleOne
and Accountemps, Carpinteria, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 21, 2011 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 10th day of April, 2012.


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance