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Surviving job loss papermakers in Maine and Minnesota / Kenneth A. Root, Rosemarie J. Park.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Root, Kenneth.
Contributor:
Park, Rosemarie J.
Series:
WE focus series.
We focus series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Unemployed.
Plant shutdowns.
Paper industry workers.
Older people--Employment.
Displaced workers.
Older people--Employment--United States--Case studies.
Older people.
Displaced workers--United States--Case studies.
Unemployed--United States--Case studies.
Plant shutdowns--United States--Case studies.
Paper industry workers--United States--Case studies.
United States.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (267 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Kalamazoo, Michigan : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, [2016]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Root and Park examine the plight of long-tenured paperworkers displaced from mills in Maine and Minnesota.
Contents:
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
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-88099-508-4
OCLC:
935055465
Access Restriction:
Open Access Unrestricted online access

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