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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1977

MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT UP

IN JUNE ****

A TOTAL OF 775,800 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS AS AT JUNE 15, 1977, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 19,500 PERSONS OR 2.6 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 756,300 PERSONS ENGAGED IN MARCH 1977.

INDUSTRIES WHERE EMPLOYMENT ROSE INCLUDED PLASTIC TOYS, ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND KNITWEAR FROM YARN.

WHEN COMPARED WITH 748,800 PERSONS ENGAGED IN JUNE LAST YEAR, MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT IN THE SAME MONTH THIS YEAR WAS HIGHER BY 27,000 PERSONS OR 3.6 PER CENT.

IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST INDUSTRY GROUPS REMAINED WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.

A COMPARISON OF THE IR EMPLOYMENT FIGURES OVER THE PAST YEAR IS GIVEN BELOW 1-

CHANGE OF JUNE 1977 OVER MARCH 1977

PERSONS ENGAGED

PERSONS ENGAGED

PERSONS ENGAGED

INDUSTRY GROUP

1977

1977

IN JUNE IN MARCH IN JUNE PERSONS PERCENTAGE

1976

ENGAGED

CHANGE

WEARING APPAREL

258,421 259,380 256,408

2,972

1.1

TEXTILES

119,615

110,144 106,019

4,125

3.7

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPLIANCES AND

SUPPLIES

79,446

85,828

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

79,331

77,156

93,561

87,753 +10,597

+ 7,733

*

9.0

+ 13.7

FABRICATED METAL

PRODUCTS

63,308

68,635

72,241

+ 3,606

+

5.3

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