Fortunately for some of them, many manufacturing employers expect to rehire the displaced workers.
This has helped some displaced workers find new jobs as welders, for example, or dental assistants.
Career changes like Gupta's are likely to look attractive--and unavoidable--to a horde of displaced workers these days.
JPMorgan said it hopes to find jobs within the bank for displaced workers through a "redeployment" program.
And of those 210 manufacturing mass layoffs, 36% of employers expect to rehire some of the displaced workers.
Clinton concluded by proposing welfare reforms centered around job retraining for displaced workers.
The British leader backed plans dear to his French counterpart's heart, such as substantial new retraining funds for displaced workers.
Better designed programmes would help more displaced workers find and keep jobs.
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Displaced workers might be pushed into worse-paid jobs than they had before.
The book does recognise that there can be losers, and its final chapter suggests policies to address the legitimate concerns of, say, displaced workers.
At the same time, Stoll says local employment trends combined with high costs of living causes many displaced workers to look for greener pastures.
Oil company, Chevron, has set up a small tent city near one of its refineries to serve as temporary housing for displaced workers and their families.
Similarly, experienced retirees can take on projects at their discretion, and displaced workers can use freelance work to make contacts and get their foot in the door.
And that starts by changing senseless rules that discourage displaced workers from getting the education and training they need to find and fill the jobs of the future.
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He threatened to veto trade adjustment assistance for displaced workers.
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Earlier in the day, Bush met his brother, Gov. Jeb Bush, for a visit to a program called Operation Paycheck that provides job training for displaced workers in fields where jobs are available.
And if those displaced workers need help paying for their education, they should get it -- and that's why the next step is to make it easier for them to receive Pell Grants of the sort that Maureen used.
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And marketing vice president Steve Hanson was dispatched to Mississippi to help provide housing for displaced factory workers.
Recently, the Democrats added a new stipulation: the agreements should only be approved if tied to the renewal of an expensive job training program for displaced American workers, which is of questionable value.
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Another service took place in the town of Slavutich, built to house Chernobyl workers displaced by the accident.
Barack Obama began his career fighting for workers displaced by the global economy.
But workers displaced from China's export industries will have to find jobs elsewhere.
Workers displaced by the latter sort of shock take longer to find jobs, and may struggle to transfer skills and get the same level of pay.
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Of the private sector employers that reported a layoff event not involving a permanent worksite closure, 49% expected to recall at least some of the workers displaced during the first quarter.
They might attach strings to a fast-track deal that Mr Bush will find difficult to accept, such as generous compensation for workers displaced by foreign competition, or the enforcement of labour standards in America's bilateral agreements.
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Though the focus is typically on American workers who are displaced by competition from China, legions of American workers and their factories, offices, and laboratories would be idled without access to complementary Chinese workers in Chinese factories.
Workers are displaced, but businesses are proving slow to find new uses for the labour made available.
Moreover, few displaced rich-country workers are likely to be permanently out of work.
Still, none of this is to deny that the displaced rich-country workers lose out: many, perhaps most, of those who find alternative work will be paid less than they were before.
There are no quotas or numerical limitations on the latter, and no test whether domestic workers are being displaced.
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