The disposable American, layoffs and their consequences, Louis Uchitelle
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The disposable American, layoffs and their consequences, Louis Uchitelle
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-270) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The disposable American
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
61228721
Responsibility statement
Louis Uchitelle
Sub title
layoffs and their consequences
Summary
An account of layoffs in America, their questionable necessity, their overuse, and their devastating impact on individuals at all income levels. Economics journalist Uchitelle explains how, in the mid-1970s, the first major layoffs, a limited response to the inroads of foreign competition, spread and multiplied, in time destroying the notion of job security and the dignity of work. The author traces the rise of job security in the United States to its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, and then the panicky U-turn. He describes the unraveling through the experiences of both executives and workers, makes clear the ways in which layoffs are counterproductive, and explains how our acquiescence encourages wasteful mergers, outsourcing, the shifting of production abroad, the loss of union protection, and wage stagnation. He argues that government must step in with policies that encourage companies to restrict layoffs and must generate jobs to supplement the present shortfall.--From publisher description
Table Of Contents
Myths that bind -- The Stanley works -- The rise of steady work -- Retraining the mechanics -- but for what? -- The shock, part 1 -- The shock, part 2 -- Dismantling job security, 1977-1997 -- A green light from Clinton -- The consequences -- undoing sanity -- Solutions
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Creator
Subject
- Plant shutdowns
- Werkloosheid
- Unemployed -- United States
- Employees -- Dismissal of -- United States. Displaced workers -- United States. Unemployed -- United States. Downsizing of organizations -- United States. Plant shutdowns -- United States
- Plant shutdowns -- United States
- Verenigde Staten
- Unemployed
- Arbeitsvertrag
- Personnel + Réduction -- États-Unis
- Kündigung
- Arbeitslosigkeit
- USA
- Downsizing of organizations
- Herstructurering
- Chômeurs -- États-Unis
- United States
- Employees + Dismissal of -- United States
- Displaced workers -- United States
- Displaced workers
- Travailleurs licenciés -- États-Unis
- Employees + Dismissal of
- Usines + Fermeture -- États-Unis
- Personnel + Licenciement -- États-Unis
- Arbeitsmarkt
- Faillissement
- Downsizing of organizations -- United States
Content
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- Classification2
- Creator1
- Subject26
- Plant shutdowns
- Werkloosheid
- Unemployed -- United States
- Employees -- Dismissal of -- United States. Displaced workers -- United States. Unemployed -- United States. Downsizing of organizations -- United States. Plant shutdowns -- United States
- Plant shutdowns -- United States
- Verenigde Staten
- Unemployed
- Arbeitsvertrag
- Personnel + Réduction -- États-Unis
- Kündigung
- Arbeitslosigkeit
- USA
- Downsizing of organizations
- Herstructurering
- Chômeurs -- États-Unis
- United States
- Employees + Dismissal of -- United States
- Displaced workers -- United States
- Displaced workers
- Travailleurs licenciés -- États-Unis
- Employees + Dismissal of
- Usines + Fermeture -- États-Unis
- Personnel + Licenciement -- États-Unis
- Arbeitsmarkt
- Faillissement
- Downsizing of organizations -- United States
- Content1
- Other version1
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