MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1978
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RESULTS OF JUNE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
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ABOUT 804,000 PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN JUNE 1978, ACCORDING TO THE LASTEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE FIGURE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF FIVE PER CENT OR ABOUT 37,600 PEOPLE OVER MARCH 1978 AND FOUR PER CENT OR ABOUT 28,000 PEOPLE WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1977.
IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WERE WEARING APPAREL- ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES- TEXTILES PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES HAS NOW REPLACED TEXTILES AS THE SECOND LARGEST EMPLOYER.
A COMPARISON OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE FIVE MAJOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES BETWEEN JUNE 1978 AND MARCH 1978 IS GIVEN BELOW:-
CHANGE OF JUNE 1978 OVER MARCH 1978
PERSONS ENGAGED IN
INDUSTRY GROUP JUNE 1977
PERSONS ENGAGED IN MAR. 1978
PERSONS ENGAGED IN JUNE 1978
PERSONS
ENGAGED * CHANGE
WEARING APPAREL 256,408
256,564
261,791
+5,227
+2
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY
APPLIANCES
AND SUPPLIES 93,561
88,601
100,324
+11,723
+13
TEXTILES
106,019
99,791
99,926
+135
*
PLASTIC PRODUCTS 87,753
81,508
90,020
+8,512
+10
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
72,241
71,605
75,807
+4,202
+6
(* LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT.)
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