The Steel Valley Authority has made a number of important contributions, to setting a path toward responsible long-term investments and to layoff aversion methods and practices; through our books and publications.
By Thomas Croft
Forward by Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
In 2008, as working Americans and retirees watched trillions of dollars vanish before our eyes, enveloped in the crash and burn of Wall Street's bottom line, we awake searching for answers and alternatives to the reckless loans and dicey short-term bets that ravaged savings and retirement assets.
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Layoff Aversion Guide pdf
The Department of Labor's Dislocated Worker Initiative holds the principle of "prevention of layoffs whenever possible." Authored by the SVA, a new Layoff Aversion Guidebook, a national compendium of job retention and layoff aversion strategies for states and communities, was developed, in cooperation with the department's National Rapid Response Workgroup. This summary has been distributed broadly for input. This Guidebook provides:
