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Surviving job loss papermakers in Maine and Minnesota / Kenneth A. Root, Rosemarie J. Park.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Root, Kenneth.
- 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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