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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1980
EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR
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ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1979 BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT THERE WAS A MARGINAL DECLINE IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.
A TOTAL OF 870 898 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS AS AT DECEMBER 3, 1979.
THIS REPRESENTED A DECREASE OF ABOUT 8 800 PERSONS OR ONE PER CENT COMPARED WITH 879 742 PERSONS ENGAGED IN SEPTEMBER 1979. WHEN COMPARED WITH 816 683 PERSONS ENGAGED IN DECEMBER 1978. THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 54 200 PERSONS OR 6.6 PER CENT.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 42 282 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN OPERATION IN DECEMBER 1979.
THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 83 ESTABLISHMENTS WHEN COMPARED WITH 42 199 ESTABLISHMENTS IN SEPTEMBER 1979- AND AN INCREASE OF 1 042 ESTABLISHMENTS WHEN COMPARED WITH 41 240 ESTABLISHMENTS IN DECEMBER 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 DECEMBER 1979 AND SEPTEMBER 1979 IS AS FOLLOWSI
PERSONS PERSONS PERSONS ENGAGED
ENGAGED ENGAGED
CHANGE OF DEC 79
OVER SEPT 79
IN
INDUSTRY GROUP
DEC 78
IN SEPT 79
IN DEC 79
PERSONS
9%
ENGAGED
CHANGE
WEARING APPAREL
271 318
281 886 277 270 -4 616
-1.6
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES,
INCLUDING ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
97 962
118 225
117 713
512
-0.4
TEXTILES
98 607
100 865
100 825
40
-0.05
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
86 512
91 596
87 853
-3 743
-4.1
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
80 106
84 243 84 805
562
+0.7
THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL BETWEEN DECEMBER 1979 AND SEPTEMBER 1979 ARE AS FOLLOWS 1
INDUSTRY
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