Itleon's Technological Revolution

ber of employees in all index 07 production industries in the week endae ackeupentash cept by the Ministry of Labour recently. tei? pac et for production industries was 8,266,000 males and 2,840,000 females. one overe. total in these production industries was about 4,000 lower in September Ore ak August, there was a decrease of about 10,009 males and an increase of abou aa < females during the month". Said the ministry. In manufacturing inéustries o y rest were 5,838,000 males and 2,667,000 females for the same month, and pocorn © report, “Between August and September the total employment in manufacturing indus tries remained virtually unchanged." The estimated number of employees in manufacturing industries was 427,009 lower (249,00 males, 179,000 females) in September than in September 1966. "Dver this period there was an overall decrease of 395 000 in total employment in manufacturing industries. There were decreases of 86,0C) in engineering and electrical goods, 47,00 in vehicles, 36,000 in metal manufacture , 42,000 in other metal using industries, 69,090 in textiles and 49,000 in the clothing and footwear group". There were also decreases of 12,000 in construction and 23,000 in coal-mining. The ministry also added that in the week ended September 1éth, the estimated number working overtime in establishments with 11 or more employees 15 manufacturing industries was 1,866,000 (35% of all operatives) each working about 8% hours overtime on average. This was 149,000 more than in the middle of August. The aggregate number of hours overtime worked in the September week was 1,232,000 hours more than in the August week. The ministry estimated 84,000 (1.5% of all operatives) were on short time in‘tthese establishments, each loosing 123 hours on average -- 7,500 more than at the middle of August.