DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,102

KARCHER NORTH AMERICA
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALFRED KARCHER HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM OFFICE TEAM, CDW LLC,
AND NW STAFFING GROUP
CAMAS, WASHINGTON

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 August 22, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Karcher North America, a subsidiary of Alfred
Karcher Holdings, Inc., Camas, Washington. The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of industrial
sized pressure washers, parts cleaners, and water treatment
systems. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Office Team, CDW LLC, and NW Staffing Group.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 a portion of the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Karcher North America, a
subsidiary of Alfred Karcher Holdings, Inc., Camas,
Washington.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Karcher North
America, a subsidiary of Alfred Karcher Holdings, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Office Team, CDW LLC,
and NW Staffing Group, Camas, Washington, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of industrial sized
pressure washers, parts cleaners, and water treatment systems
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 Karcher North America, a subsidiary of
Alfred Karcher Holdings, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Office Team, CDW LLC, and NW Staffing Group,
Camas, Washington, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 20, 2018
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 25th day of September 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance