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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1980

EMPLOYMENT CHANGE IN THE FIRST QUARTER 1980

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ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1980 BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, NEARLY ALL INDUSTRIES REGISTERED AN INCREASE COMPARED WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1979.

A TOTAL OF 883 827 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS AS AT MARCH 14, 1980. THIS REPRESENTED AN

INCREASE OF ABOUT 12 900 PERSONS OR 1.5 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 870 898 PERSONS ENGAGED IN DECEMBER 1979. WHEN COMPARED WITH 812 446 PERSONS ENGAGED IN MARCH 1979, THERE WAS AN

INCREASE OF ABOUT 71 400 PERSONS OR 8.8 PER CENT.

THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 43 457 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN OPERATION IN MARCH 1980. THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 1 175 ESTABLISHMENTS WHEN COMPARED WITH 42 282 ESTABLISHMENTS IN DECEMBER 1979 AND AN INCREASE OF 2 826 ESTABLISHMENTS WHEN COMPARED WITH 40 631 IN MARCH 1979.

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 MARCH 1980 AND DECEMBER 1979 IS GIVEN BELOW:

CHANGE OF MARCH 1980 OVER DEC. 1979

INDUSTRY GROUP

PERSONS ENGAGED IN MAR. 1979

PERSONS ENGAGED IN DEC. 1979

PERSONS ENGAGED IN MAR. 1980

PERSONS ENGAGED

* CHANGE

WEARING

APPAREL

271 819

277 270

282 558

+5 288

+1.9

ELECTRICAL

MACHINERY,

APPLIANCES

AND SUPPLIES,

INCLUDING

ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

92 567

117 713

TEXTILES

99 244

100 825

120 350

101 068

+2 637

+2.2

243

+0.2

PLASTIC

PRODUCTS

84 540

87 853

88 450

597

+0.7

FABRICATED

METAL PRODUCTS

78 693

84 805

85 632

827

+1.0

THE MORE