Who is louis uchitelle

There are specific recommendations for achieving these goals and persuasive arguments that workers, business, and the nation will benefit as a result. An urgent, essential book that tells for the first time the story of our long and gradual surrender to layoffs—from a writer who has covered the unwinding for nearly twenty years and who now bears witness.

He has worked for the New York Times since , where he writes about business and economics. Uchitelle joined The Times in from the Associated Press, where he had been a reporter, editor, foreign correspondent in Latin America and a news executive.

From to he was the Associated Press"s correspondent and bureau chief in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with responsibility for the Caribbean. His reporting included heavy emphasis on economics, at a time when the islands were trying to form an economic union.

He played a lead role in Associated Press"s coverage of the United States. He has taught news and feature writing at Columbia University. He lives in New York City. Married Joan Eva Shapiro, October 7, Children: Isabel Anne, Jennifer Emily. Looking for a job? Back to Profile. Photos Works. Main Photo. He describes the unraveling through the experiences of both executives and workers: three CEOs who ran the Stanley Works, the tool manufacturer, from through , gradually becoming more willing to engage in layoffs; highly-skilled aircraft mechanics in Indianapolis discarded as United Airlines shut down a state-of-the-art maintenance facility, damaging the city as well as the workers; a human resources director at Citigroup, declared non-essential despite excellent performance; a banker in Connecticut lucky to find a lower- paying job in a state tourist office; an executive at a publishing company who took early retirement to avoid a layoff and then, unwilling to accept that he had been thrown away, tried to make his retirement activities mimic a job.

Uchitelle makes clear the ways in which layoffs are counterproductive, rarely promoting efficiency or profitability in the long term. He explains how our acquiescence encourages wasteful mergers, outsourcing, the shifting of production abroad, the loss of union protection, and wage stagnation. He argues against our ongoing public policy — inaugurated by Ronald Reagan and embraced by every president since — of subsidizing retraining for jobs that, in fact, do not exist.

He breaks new ground in documenting the failure of these policies and in describing the significant psychiatric damage that the trauma of a layoff invariably inflicts, even on those soon re-employed. Stay in Touch Sign up. Become a Member Start earning points for buying books! To redeem, copy and paste the code during the checkout process. See Account Overview. Your account has been created. Upload book purchases, access your personalized book recommendations, and more from here.

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