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Laid-off autoworkers struggling
TORONTO -- A new report on the CAW's three-year study of laid-off autoworkers finds more than half have had to seek financial help from family and friends to pay the bills.
The second round of findings from the Canadian Auto Workers union's Worker Adjustment Tracking Study found 55 per cent of laid-off workers surveyed from March 2011 to February 2012 have relied on financial support from family and friends.
The report also found reliance on temporary employment-agency work has increased over the study period, with about 30 per cent of all workers reporting temporary employment.
Many older workers surveyed said they had delayed retirement as a result of their layoff.
The study tracks the impact of being out of work on 260 laid-off auto-industry workers as part of a three-year project and follows initial findings from 2009. CAW has members at the Canadian operations of General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and many smaller automotive manufacturers.
About 40 per cent of those studied said they had difficulty paying off their debts.
The project focused on job-market experiences of laid-off manufacturing workers in Ontario.
-- The Canadian Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 13, 2012 B5
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