Forced out : older workers confront job loss / Kenneth A. Root, Rosemarie J. Park.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Root, Kenneth, author.

Park, Rosemarie J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Defense (Firm)--Case studies.

United Defense (Firm).

Layoff systems--United States--Case studies.

Layoff systems.

Unemployed--United States--Case studies.

Unemployed.

Displaced workers--United States--Case studies.

Displaced workers.

Older people--Employment--United States--Case studies.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : FirstForumPress, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What happens to long-term employees when their jobs are unexpectedly eliminated? In this richly detailed study of a major layoff and its aftermath, Kenneth Root and Rosemarie Park address head-on the ramifications of job loss for older workers. The authors follow the experiences of 173 factory workers--from first thoughts on being forced out of work to reflections several years later. Retraining, age discrimination, and the occasional, if unanticipated, benefits of job loss are among the many issues considered. The result is a wide-ranging and thoughtful look at both the universal issues facing downsized employees and the unique challenges of being an older worker involuntarily out of work.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Tables""; ""2.1 Select Job Classifications, Labor Grade and Hourly Wages at UD-Fridley and UD-Louisville in August 1999""; ""2.2 Author Ranking (Speculative) of Explanations Most Important in Influencing the 1998-99 United Defense-Fridley Downsizing""; ""2.3 Frequency Distribution of Top Three Responses from Diplaced Workers to Items Peceived to Be Most Important in Influencing the 1998-99 United Defense Downsizing""; ""3.1 Present Labor Force Status""

""3.2 Respondents Who Reported that They Had Retired from United Defense Earlier than They Had Planned to by Present Labor Force Status""""3.3 Frequency Distribution to Respondents� Assessment of Physical Health Impacts of Job Loss""; ""3.4 Frequency Distribution to Respondents� Assessment of Mental and Emotional Health Impacts of Job Loss""; ""3.5 Impact of Job Loss on Relations with Others""; ""4.1 Recent FMC/United Defense-Fridley, Minnesota, Downsizings to 1998""; ""4.2 Worker Views Supporting Local Union Officials By Labor Force Status""

""5.1 Frequency Response to: “Which of the Following Reflect Your Feelings at the Time You Left United Defense?�""""5.2 Frequency Response to “How Did you Use the 15,000 Supplemental Annuity Benefit from United Defense?�""; ""5.3 Frequency Response “Please Check All the items You Miss from Your Days at United Defense�""; ""7.1 Respondent Views About Whether They Were Treated Differently Than Other Job Applicants For Those in the Job Hunt at T1 Data Collection, February 2000""; ""7.2 Number of Dislocation Events and Number of Workers Affected in Minnesota from 1995-1999""

""8.1 Relationship of Education and Self-Employment Status""""8.2 Response of Self-Employed Dislocated UD Workers to Self-Employment Options""; ""9.1 Retired United Defense Displaced Workers at T1-T2-T3 Data Collection Periods""; ""9.2 Employment-Retirement Status of United Defense Displaced Workers at the T3 Data Collection Period by Age""; ""10.1 Known U.S. Research Employing an Outcome Question""; ""10.2 Employment Status by Termination Date from United Defense""; ""10.3 Response to Accepting the Special Separation Program by Termination Date from United Defense""

""10.4 Response to Accepting the Special Separation Program by Response to the Outcome Question""""11.1 Frequency Distribution of Items Respondents Reported Missing from Their Days Working at United Defense""; ""11.2 Respondent Satisfaction with Taking the Special Separation Program Initially, Now, and If There Were Ever Regrets""; ""11.3 Respondent Assessment of Regrets in Taking the Special Separation Program""; ""11.4 Depression by Labor Force Status""; ""11.5 Frequency Distribution of Likert Responses to Statements Regarding the Present Situation""

""12.1Summary Data from Minnesota Dislocated Worker Program Years""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-935049-73-9