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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465531603321

Autore

Root Kenneth

Titolo

Surviving Job Loss : Papermakers in Maine and Minnesota / / Kenneth A. Root, Rosemarie J. Park

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kalamazoo, Michigan : , : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, , [2016]

©[2016]

ISBN

0-88099-508-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

We focus series

Altri autori (Persone)

ParkRosemarie J

Disciplina

331.13/78760974145

Soggetti

Unemployed

Plant shutdowns

Paper industry workers

Older people - Employment

Displaced workers

Older people - Employment - United States

Displaced workers - United States

Unemployed - United States

Plant shutdowns - United States

Paper industry workers - United States

Case studies.

Electronic books.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction; 2 - The Study, Job Loss, and the Paper Industry; 3 - Job Loss at Verso; 4 - Responding to Job Loss; 5 - Assistance Provided to Help Dislocated Workers; 6 - When Women Are Job Losers; 7 - When Couples Lose Their Jobs; 8 - Islands in the Storm: The Plight of Two Communities; 9 - A Canadian Comparison; 10 - The Future of Economic Displacement for Papermakers; 11 - Epilogue; Appendix A: 2012 Confidential Survey of Workers Formerly Employed by Verso in



Bucksport, Maine, and Sartell, Minnesota

Appendix B: 2012 Confidential Survey of Workers Displaced after the Fire at the Sartell MillAppendix C: Methodological Considerations; Appendix D: 2013 Letter to Married Couples Formerly Employed by Verso in Sartell, Minnesota; References; Authors; Index; About the Institute

Sommario/riassunto

Root and Park examine the plight of long-tenured paperworkers displaced from mills in Maine and Minnesota.