The Resource The disposable American : layoffs and their consequences, Louis Uchitelle
The disposable American : layoffs and their consequences, Louis Uchitelle
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xi, 283 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781400041176
- Label
- The disposable American : layoffs and their consequences
- Title
- The disposable American
- Title remainder
- layoffs and their consequences
- Statement of responsibility
- Louis Uchitelle
- Subject
-
- trueEmployees -- Dismissal
- trueDisplaced workers -- United States
- Plant shutdowns -- United States
- Downsizing of organizations -- United States
- trueCorporate downsizing
- truePlant closings
- Unemployed -- United States
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs
- trueUnemployed persons
- trueBusiness and economics -- Economics | Socioeconomics
- Employees -- Dismissal of -- United States
- Displaced workers -- United States
- trueBusiness and economics -- Economics | Contemporary U.S. economy
- Language
- eng
- 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
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- 189025
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Uchitelle, Louis
- Dewey number
- 331.13/73/0973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD5708.55.U6
- LC item number
- U34 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Employees
- Displaced workers
- Unemployed
- Downsizing of organizations
- Plant shutdowns
- Target audience
- adult
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- layoffs and their consequences
- Label
- The disposable American : layoffs and their consequences, Louis Uchitelle
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-270) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 16846179
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xi, 283 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400041176
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2005044423
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm61228721
- Label
- The disposable American : layoffs and their consequences, Louis Uchitelle
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-270) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 16846179
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xi, 283 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400041176
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2005044423
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm61228721
Subject
- trueBusiness and economics -- Economics | Contemporary U.S. economy
- trueBusiness and economics -- Economics | Socioeconomics
- trueCorporate downsizing
- trueDisplaced workers -- United States
- Displaced workers -- United States
- Downsizing of organizations -- United States
- trueEmployees -- Dismissal
- Employees -- Dismissal of -- United States
- truePlant closings
- Plant shutdowns -- United States
- Unemployed -- United States
- trueUnemployed persons
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs
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