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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1979
EMPLOYMENT IN FACTORIES INCREASES
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A TOTAL OF 877 384 PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN JUNE THIS YEAR, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 65 000 OR EIGHT PER CENT COMPARED WITH MARCH OF THE SAME YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
WHEN COMPARED WITH THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURE FOR JUNE 1978, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 74 000 WORKERS OR 9.1 PER CENT.
THERE WERE 41 498 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN OPERATION IN JUNE 1979, AN INCREASE OF 867 COMPARED WITH MARCH OF THE SAME YEAR AND AN INCREASE OF 3 316 OVER JUNE 1978.
IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WERE WEARING APPAREL ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES- TEXTILES- PLASTIC PRODUCTS- AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.
A COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT IN THESE INDUSTRIES BETWEEN JUNE 1979 AND MARCH 1979 IS GIVEN BELOW:
CHANGE OF JUNE 79 OVER MAR. 79
INDUSTRY GROUP
PERSONS ENGAGED IN JUNE 1978
PERSONS ENGAGED IN MARCH 1979
PERSONS ENGAGED IN JUNE 1979
PERSONS ENGAGED
% CHANGE
WEARING APPAREL
261 791
271 819
283 798
+11 979
+ 4.4
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY
APPLIANCES AND
SUPPLIES
100 324
92 567
114 000
+21 433
+23.2
INCLUDING
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
TEXTILES
99 926
99 244
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
90 020
84 540
101 172
94 765
+ 1 928
+10 225
+ 1.9
+12.1
FABRICATED
METAL PRODUCTS
75 807
78 693
84 030
+ 5 337 + 6.8
THE MORE.....