Initial Impact of Plant Closings on Automobile Workers and Their Families

Hoffman, William S.; Carpentier-Alting, Patricia; Thomas, Duane E.; Hamilton, V. Lee; Broman, Clifford L.

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“…From 1979 to 1985, more than 11.5 million workers lost their jobs because of plant closings (Hoffman et al, 1991;Mishel and Simon, 1988). Dislocated workers experience high levels of unemployment, longer-thanaverage spells of joblessness, and reductions in earnings.…”

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Poverty and the Single Mother Family:

Desimone

McKay

1994

Marriage & Family Review

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This article examines how recent changes in the structure of the U.S. economy have contributed to the impoverishment of single mother families. The impacts of the disappearance of the manufacturing sector, the concurrent growth in service-oriented industries, the decline in real wages, and the polarization of the income distribution are considered in the context of recent social welfare reforms that have focused on the employability and employment of low-income single mothers. These policies have encouraged single mothers to move toward welfare independence, but they have not ensured that these women can attain economic self-sufficiency through employment. The authors offer public policy recommendations for responding to shifts in the economy, for helping single mothers move beyond the grasp of poverty, and for providing an

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McKay

1994

Marriage & Family Review

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“…However, while economic distress can be associated with mental health problems, other US researchers have noted that some coping resources and behaviours buffered distress while others exacerbated it (Yeung & Hofferth 1998). The US comparison study by Broman and colleagues (Broman et al 1990; see also Hoffman et al 1991), found severely strained coping mechanisms among redundant workers and their families, with financial hardship being the key factor in job loss stress on families. They also found the relationship between job loss and financial hardship was mediated by marriage, whereby married workers also tended to have less money saved, a mortgage and dependent children.…”

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Positive and negative impacts of job loss on family life: the perceptions of Australian car workers

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Newman²,

Ziersch³

et al. 2011

Aust J Social Issues

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This article contributes to research on the impact of job loss on families. It is based on survey responses from 371 workers and in-depth interviews with 39 of them about the family impacts of their job loss from the Mitsubishi car factory in Adelaide in [2004][2005]. A majority of workers said family life had been affected by their job loss. Quantitative analysis identified four variables significantly associated with family impacts: marital status, children living at home, employment status and financial management. Qualitative responses showed the predominantly negative impacts were financial strain, loss of relationship stability, and general stress and worry, although few faced catastrophic impacts from their job loss. However, in contrast to most previous research, the in-depth interviews also revealed positive impacts from job loss, such as having more time at home and to spend with their family. We conclude that the existence of ongoing income support and public health insurance in Australia were important in avoiding catastrophic financial impacts on these workers and their families.

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“…Psychologically, unemployed individuals are seriously affected by prolonged job loss and demonstrate more frequent symptoms of poor mental health (Hoffman, Carpentier-Alting, Thomas, Hamilton, & Broman, 1991;Kokko & Pulkkinen, 1998;Wanberg, 1997). Depression seems to be the most widely reported psychological symptom (Archer & Rhodes, 1993;Lang, 1995).…”

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the experience of unemployment for fishery workers in newfoundland: what helps and hinders

Borgen

Amundson

McVicar

2002

Journal of Employment Couns

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In this exploratory research study, the unemployment experience of people involved in the fishery and living in the outports of Newfoundland and Labrador was explored. Fifty-three critical incident interviews were conducted by community outreach workers. These interviews yielded important information about the factors that facilitated or hindered the unemployment experience. In interpreting the results, both the general literature on unemployment as well as the special contextual aspects of the situation were explored.

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Initial Impact of Plant Closings on Automobile Workers and Their Families

Abstract: Unemployment caused fry plant closings continues to have a severe impact on automobile workers and their families. Specific findings from the first-year survey data of a longitudinal research project investigating this problem are discussed.

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