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by Amy Goldstein


  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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