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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1978

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EMPLOYMENT CHANGES IN SEPTEMBER 1978

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EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES REGISTERED A MARGINAL DECLINE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1978 WHILE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SHOWED AN INCREASE, THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT REVEALED TODAY (MONDAY).

THE SURVEY SHOWED 791,073 PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS AS AT SEPTEMBER 15, REPRESENTING A DECLINE OF ABOUT 13,000 PEOPLE OR 1.6 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JUNE 1978 BUT AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 33,000 PEOPLE OR 4.3 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER OF 1977.

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

THE CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT IN THESE INDUSTRIES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1978 AND JUNE 1978 IS GIVEN BELOW -

PERSONS

PERSONS

PERSONS

ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN

INDUSTRY GROUP SEPT. 1977 JUNE 1978 SEPT. 1978

CHANGE OF SEPT.

1978

OVER JUNE 1978

PERSONS

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ENGAGED CHANGE

WEARING APPAREL

248,737

261,791

263,960

+2,169 +0.8

TEXTILES

104,500

99,926

95,365

-4,561

-4.6

ELECTRICAL

MACHINERY

APPLIANCES AND

SUPPLIES,

INCLUDING

ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

91,776

100,324

94,207

-6,117 -6.1

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

81,476

90,020

85,507

-4,513

-5.0

FABRICATED METAL

PRODUCTS

71,027

75,807

74,283

-1,524

-2.0

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