Articles and Reports
Brooks, Clem, and Jeff Manza. “Broken Public? Americans’ Responses to the Great Recession.” American Sociological Review 78 (2013): 727–48.
Burgard, Sarah A., Jennie E. Brand, and James S. House. “Causation and Selection in the Relationship of Job Loss to Health in the United States.” Working paper, University of Michigan, August 2005.
Davis, Steven J., and Till von Wachter. “Recessions and the Costs of Job Loss.” Brookings paper on Economic Activity, Brookings Institution, Fall 2011.
Farber, Henry S. “Job Loss in the Great Recession: Historical Perspective from the Displaced Worker Survey, 1984–2010.” Working paper 17040, National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2011.
Goldsmith, Arthur, and Timothy Diette. “Exploring the Line Between Unemployment and Mental Health Outcomes.” The SES Indicator, e-newsletter of the Public Interest Directorate Office of Socioeconomic Status, American Psychological Association, April 2012.
Heinrich, Carolyn, and Harry J. Holzer. “Improving Education and Employment for Disadvantaged Young Men: Proven and Promising Strategies.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 635 (May 2011): 163–91.
Heinrich, Carolyn J., Peter R. Mueser, and Kenneth R. Troske. “Workforce Investment Act Non-Experimental Net Impact Evaluation.” IMPAC International, LLC, December 2008.
Heinrich, Carolyn J., Peter R. Mueser, Kenneth R. Troske, Kyung-Seong Jeon, and Daver C. Kahvecioglu. “A Nonexperimental Evaluation of WIA Programs.” In The Workforce Investment Act: Implementation Experiences and Evaluation Findings, edited by Douglas J. Besharov and Phoebe H. Cottingham (Kalamazoo, MI: W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2011), 371–404.
Hollenbeck, Kevin, Daniel Schroeder, Christopher T. King, and Wei-Jang Huang. “Net Impact Estimates for Services Provided Through the Workforce Investment Act.” Paper for Office of Policy and Research, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 2005.
Hurd, Michael D., and Susann Rohwedder. “Effects of the Financial Crisis and Great Recession on American Households.” Working Paper 16407, National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2010.
Jacobson, Louis S. “Strengthening One-Stop Career Centers: Helping More Unemployed Workers Find Jobs and Build Skills.” Discussion paper, The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution, April 2009.
Jacobson, Louis, Lauren Focarazzo, Morgan Sacchetti, and Jacob Benus. “Improving America’s Workforce Through Enhanced Collaboration Between the Public Workforce System and Community Colleges.” IMPAQ International LLC, submitted to U.S. Department of Labor, Dec. 10, 2010.
Jacobson, Louis, Robert J. LaLonde, and Daniel Sullivan. “The Impact of Community College Retraining on Older Displaced Workers: Should We Teach Old Dogs New Tricks?” Industrial & Labor Relations Review 58, no. 3 (2005): 398–415.
Kalil, Arial, Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest, and Jodie Levin Epstein. “Non-standard Work and Marital Instability: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.” Journal of Marriage and Family 72 (2010): 1289–1300.
Kalil, Arial, and Patrick Wightman. “Parental Job Loss and Children’s Educational Attainment in Black and White Middle Class Families.” Social Science Quarterly 92 (2011): 56–77.
Katz, Lawrence. “Long-Term Unemployment in the Great Recession.” Testimony for the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, April 29, 2010.
Kessler, Ronald C., Blake Turner, and James S. House. “Effects of Unemployment on Health in a Community Survey: Main, Modifying and Mediating Effects.” Journal of Social Issues 44, no. 4 (1988): 69–85.
Kochhar, Rakesh. “A Recovery No Better than the Recession: Median Household Income, 2007 to 2011.” Pew Social & Demographic Trends, Pew Research Center, June 2014.
Stanley, Marcus, Lawrence Katz, and Alan Krueger. “Developing Skills: What We Know About the Impact of American Employment and Training Programs on Employment, Earnings and Educational Outcomes.” G8 Economic Summit, 1998.
Stucker, David, Sanjay Basu, and David McDaid. “Depression Amidst Depression: Mental Health Effects of the Ongoing Recession,” background paper to Impact of Economic Crises on Mental Health, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, 2010.
Sullivan, Daniel, and Till von Wachter. “Job Displacement and Mortality: An Analysis Using Administrative Data.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 3 (2009): 1265–1306.
Van Horn, Carl, and Cliff Zukin. “Shattered American Dream: Unemployed Workers Lose Ground, Hope, and Faith in Their Futures.” Part of series of Work Trends surveys, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, December 2010.
Van Horn, Carl, Cliff Zukin, and Allison Kopicki. “Left Behind: The Long-term Unemployed Struggle in an Improving Economy.” Part of series of Work Trends surveys, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, September 2014.
Von Wachter, Till, Jae Song, and Joyce Manchester. “Long-Term Earnings Losses Due to Mass Layoffs in the 1982 Recession: An Analysis of U.S. Administrative Data from 1974 to 2004.” Working paper, Columbia University, April 2009.
Zukin, Cliff, Carl Van Horn, and Charley Stone. “Out of Work and Losing Hope: The Misery and Bleak Expectations of American Workers.” Part of series of Work Trends surveys, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, September 2011.
Index
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ABC Supply Co., xiii, 55, 56, 86, 146, 147, 295
Affordable Care Act, 249
AFL-CIO, Wisconsin, 128, 213
Akerson, Daniel, 176
Aldrich, Chris, 266–71
Alliant Energy, 63–64, 80, 81, 105
Allied Barton, 256–57
Allied Systems Group, 61
American Jobs Act, 125
Americans with Disabilities Act, 47
Anniversary dates, significance of, 30, 32, 68, 163, 270
auto industry
federal bailout, 36, 39, 63, 114, 122
incentive packages for, 63–67
number of jobs lost, 121
revival of, 241, 291
Bags of Hope, 138–40, 253, 254–55
Barrett, Tom, 128, 212–13, 214, 217
Beckord, John, 53–56, 194, 223, 278–79
Beloit, WI, xiii, 53, 54, 119, 140, 147–48, 194, 198, 247, 261, 292
Dream Center, 115
GM incentive package and, 65
Project 16:49 and, 131–34, 207, 275, 276, 295
Rock County 5.0 and, 54–56, 85–86, 144, 197
Beloit Corporation, 54–55
Beloit Daily News, 86
Beverly-Malott, Tiffaney, 116
Beyer, Kristi, xi, 34, 119, 120, 135, 136, 149, 180, 184–85, 218–19, 229–31
Lear job loss, 33
retraining and, 33–34, 76, 77, 82–84, 115–17, 118, 119
son, Josh, 34, 185, 218, 219, 233, 234, 296
death of, 231, 232–34
Blackhawk Credit Union, 89, 255
Blackhawk Technical College, xii, 16, 45, 77, 115, 116, 117–18, 170–71
CATE at, 170–71, 316
graduates’ incomes, 169
graduating class of 2010, 115–16
graduation rate, 117, 118
job retraining at, 33–35, 60, 73–83, 103–6, 108, 116–18, 166, 169–71, 196, 244–45
job-retraining analysis, 311–16
programs, 34, 73–74, 77, 78, 82, 79–80, 103–5, 106, 107, 115, 166
training subsidies, 73, 75, 166, 167
BMO Harris Bank, 236, 261, 295
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Boehner, John, 294
Boggs, Bill, 12–13
Borremans, Bob, xiii, 14–17, 43–46, 75–76, 119, 121, 176, 196, 222, 233, 278, 282–83, 295
CORD and, 45, 46
Montgomery visit and, 121–26
retraining results, 170
Boulton, Julie, 159
Bremer, Tim, 226, 228
Brown, Kayla, 133–34, 228
Bush, George W., 176
CATE (Career and Technical Education), 170–71, 316
Chicago, IL, 269
Century of Progress World’s Fair, 21
Chrysler
Belvidere Assembly Plant, 107, 270
closure of Kenosha Engine Plant, 125
Clarke, Troy, 10, 38, 39
Classroom at the End of the ‘Line’ (Kennedy), 295
Clinton, Hillary, 292, 295, 296–97
Community Action, Inc., 91
CORD (Collaborative Organizations Responding to Dislocation), 45, 46, 119, 123
Courthouse Hill, Janesville, 9–10, 205, 221, 249
“Crabby Bloggers, The” (video), 278, 279
Craig, Joseph A., 3, 19–21, 200, 205
Craig High School, Janesville, 193, 224, 227, 255, 264, 295
Creative Community Living Services, 150, 273–74
Cullen, Mark, 262
Cullen, Tim, xii, 37–38, 130, 155–58, 172–73, 198, 222–23, 243, 294
Ringside Seat, 294
Culver’s, Janesville, 112, 187, 189, 296
Delavan, WI, 130, 144
Democratic Party. See also Rock County Democratic Party
Budget Repair Bill and, 154–57, 172
Cullen, Tim, and, 222–23
Janesville Assembly Plant closing and, 69
Dollar General, 293
Doubleday, Mike, 81, 104, 106, 117
Dow Jones Industrial Average, 40
Doyle, Jim, 26, 27, 37, 38, 66, 67, 128, 144, 145, 249
Dresser, Laura, 312
Durant, William C., 20
Eastman, Rob, 151, 153, 156, 159, 295
ECHO food pantry, 90–91, 101, 181, 252, 253, 281
Elroy, WI, 25
Evansville, WI, 234
Feeding America, 145
Feingold, Russ, 69
Flanagan, Kate, 231–32
Flint, MI, 21
Footville, WI, 32
Forbeck, Ann, xii, 132–34, 203–4, 207, 228, 232, 236, 275–76, 295
Ford Motor Company, 20, 67
Fort Atkinson, WI, 13, 159
Fort Wayne, IN, 107, 164
Matt Wopat and Janesville gypsies in, 161–65, 176, 202, 208, 209, 266–71, 284–86, 297
Forward Janesville, 42, 53, 54, 56, 69, 194, 198, 223, 262, 264, 277–83
Gary, IN, 269
Gillette Company, 98, 100, 101
GM (General Motors), 10, 36, 38. See also United Auto Workers; United Auto Workers (UAW), Local 95; specific plants
anniversary dates, 30, 32, 68, 163
Aveo manufacturing, 68
bankruptcy, 63, 114, 176
buyouts offered, 109–10, 113–14
CEO Akerson, 176
CEO Wagoner, 10–11, 23, 36, 63, 122
employee benefits, 29
federal bailout of, 39, 63, 114, 122, 176
foreign plants, 68, 69
Janesville incentives for reopening plant, 63–66
Janesville “legacy fund,” 294
Janesville Assembly Plant closing, 1, 4, 10–11, 40, 270
Janesville Assembly Plant–rescue team, 36–39, 43
Janesville plant status, 70, 176–77, 291, 294
job cuts at, 23, 63, 114
job security and, 32
losses, 27, 36, 40, 63
Michigan and, 66–68
Ohio’s incentives for, 67
pensions, 12, 24–25, 31, 38, 72, 106, 109, 113, 130, 153, 159, 289
plant closings, besides Janesville, 63
Sit-Down Strike (1936–37), 21–22, 124
Sonic, 67–69
subcompact car plant location, 63–67
Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB pay) under UAW contract, 32–33, 105, 114
SUVs and, 10, 11, 12, 59
transfer rights and, 105, 114
United Auto Workers contract, 21, 23, 68, 105, 114, 175–76, 291
GM, Arlington Assembly Plant, 105, 106
GM, Fairfax Assembly Plant, 105, 110–11
GM, Fort Wayne Assembly Plant, 105–6, 163, 266
Matt Wopat and Janesville gypsies at, 161–65, 176, 202, 208, 266–71, 284–86, 297
GM, Janesville (WI) Plant. See also United Auto Workers, Local 95
anniversary dates, importance of, 30, 32
appearance today, 4–5, 6
buyouts offered workers, 27, 32, 109, 113–14, 140
closing, 1–2, 4, 12–13, 40, 270
contaminant cleanup at, 294
Employee Assistance Program, xii, 24
fate of building, 294
history of, 2, 3–4, 19–22, 66, 124, 286
GM decision not to reopen, 176–77
GM’s 100 millionth vehicle, 22–23
incentives for reopening, 63–65
influence on daily life, 2
layoff scares at, 23, 66, 270
location, 2, 6, 20, 286, 289
logo, 4, 27
permanently closed status, 291
plant-rescue team, xii, 37–38, 43
quality of work at, 22–23
shifts at, 12, 26, 30, 31, 110
size of, 3, 20
standby status, 70, 176, 177, 291
suppliers to, 10–11, 49–50, 58–61 (see also Lear Corp.)
transfer rights of workers, 105–6
wages at, 12, 30, 68, 105, 107, 111, 162, 293
unemployment benefits and, 13, 105
GM, Lordstown Complex, 67, 68, 114
GM, Orion Assembly Plant, 63, 65, 66–69
GM, Pontiac Metal Center, 163
GM, Spring Hill Manufacturing, 63, 65, 176
GM Retention Task Force, xii, 37–38, 43
GOEX, 111, 114, 140
Government Accountability Office, 126
Grainger Industrial Supply, 251
Granholm, Jennifer, 67
Great Depression, 3, 18, 21, 66, 152, 205
Great Recession (2008), 2, 10, 27, 36, 39, 40, 41, 116, 244, 262, 279, 292, 303, 304
income reduction and, 169–70
jobs lost, 4
Green, Gary, 303
Green Bay Packers, 83, 162, 234
Haberman, Linda, 83, 119, 184–85, 218–19, 230, 232–33, 234
HealthNet, 243–49, 276, 281
Hendricks, Diane, xiii, 55–57, 85–86, 144–47, 152, 194, 216, 262, 279, 295
Hendricks, Ken, 55, 56
Hokinson, Allison, 203–4, 207, 236
Hollenbeck, Kevin, 312
Home Entry Services, xi, 111–12
Homeless Education Action Team, 131, 133
Janes, Henry, 2
Janesville, WI, 2–6, 17, 19–21, 123, 303. See also GM, Janesville (WI) Plant; specific agencies; individuals; places; schools
Beloit as rival, 54, 86
as campaign stop, 26, 128
can-do spirit, 6, 19, 124, 125, 143, 173, 177, 221, 279, 280
charity gap, 203–7
crusade to reopen assembly plant, 63–67, 69
cuts in state aid, 198
financial hardship in, 105–8, 111–13, 124 (see also specific individuals)
first generation poverty in, 206
floods of 2008, 17–18, 43
Forward Janesville (business association), 53, 54, 69, 194, 223, 262, 264, 277–83
grant money and, 43, 45
health care system, 59, 63, 205, 214, 232
HealthNet, 243–49, 276, 281
home values, 87, 113, 306
homeless kids in, 131–34, 203–4, 275–76
“Irish Mafia” families in, 37, 201, 262
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p; “Jobs Now!” rally, 128
Labor Fest, 100, 127–30, 172–75, 193, 226–28, 276, 293
middle-class losses in, 181, 182, 241, 263, 282, 291–92
Obama campaign in, 25–27, 66, 221
Parker Pen closing, 95, 100–102
political acrimony in, 145, 157, 172
presidential election (2012), 238–42, 280
presidential election (2016), 292
resentment against public workers, 158–60
reviving economy of, 56–57
Ryan, Paul, as vice presidential candidate (2012), 220–25
Ryan’s hometown, 9–10, 37, 124, 129, 173, 175, 221, 224, 240, 277, 280–81
school system, xii, 32, 203, 289, 295
strained resources of, 198, 281
teacher layoffs, 159
trademark civility, 145, 157, 172, 173, 211, 214
tradition of generosity, 88, 97, 205–6, 235, 281, 292
“two Janesvilles,” 261–65, 279–80, 291, 305
unemployment rate (2010), 128
Walker recall election and, 211–17
Janesville Assembly Plant. See GM (General Motors) and United Auto Workers, Local 95
Janesville City Council, 37
SHINE incentives, 193–201, 203, 293
study, economic diversification, 37–38
Janesville Cotton Mills, 2
Janesville Education Association, 157, 159, 263
Janesville Gazette, xiii, 23, 26, 86, 90, 91, 120, 130, 143, 144, 146, 167, 172, 196
foreclosures listed in, 87
Janesville gypsies, 105–8, 110–11, 161–65, 202, 208–10, 266–71
Janesville Innovation Center, 278
Janesville Machine Co., 19, 20, 37
J. D. Power and Associates, 22
Job-retraining analysis (Appendix 2), 311–16
John Holland Co., 97
JP Cullen & Sons, Inc., 57, 262
Keach, Jenifer, 232
Keller, Helen, 44
Kennedy, Sharon, xii, 45, 77–78, 117, 170–71, 196, 294–95
Classroom at the End of the ‘Line,’ 295
Kenosha, WI, 125, 156, 238
Kohl, Herb, 78, 170
Kolste, Debra, 243, 245–49, 276
Korban, Linda, xii, 95–96, 99–102
labor unions. See also United Auto Workers; United Auto Workers, Local 95
membership reduction, 308
One Nation Working Together rally, 128
opinions about in Rock County, 308
Ryan’s views on, 158
Walker’s legislation to limit public union rights, 157
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