Surviving Job Loss by Root, Kenneth A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 The Study, Job Loss, and the Paper Industry

Job Loss in the Pulp and Paper Industry Examples of Job Loss and Recent Mill Closures Summary

3 Job Loss at Verso

The Communities Involved Background to the Present Study What Impact Has the Great Recession Had on Locating New Work? Summary

4 Responding to Job Loss

Earlier Studies on Job Loss in the Paper Industry Employment Options for Displaced Workers Studies on Changes in Health The Timing of the Search for Replacement Work Family Impacts of Job Loss The Continuing Impact of the Great Recession Summary

5 Assistance Provided to Help Dislocated Workers

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 Summary

6 When Women Are Job Losers

Women on the Work Floor Downsizing and Stress Older Women and the Future of Work Summary

7 When Couples Lose Their Jobs

Interviews with the Displaced Couples Previous Studies of Dual-Family Earners Married Couple Respondents in Our Survey The ABCX Model Summary

8 Islands in the Storm: The Plight of Two Communities

Do State Differences Affect Displaced Workers? Comparison of Sartell and Bucksport Workers Problems and Concerns Facing Those Downsized Summary

9 A Canadian Comparison

Understanding the Differences between the Canadian and U.S. Systems Paper Manufacturing in Canada Programs to Assist Dislocated Mersey Workers The Canadian Labor Market U.S. Unemployment Insurance Characteristics Summary

10 The Future of Economic Displacement for Papermakers

Advice to a Job Loser Assistance to Displaced Individuals Verso Advocacy for the Pulp and Paper Industry Getting Past the Great Recession in Minnesota Summary

11 Epilogue

The Verso Acquisition