Rakesh Bhandari wrote:
>michael pugliese wrote:
>
>> Yesterday on NPR it was said that 75,000 textile jobs have
>>been lost in the last yr.
>
>lost due to national and global recession? loss of jobs that would
>have been added if not for recession? lost due to automation? lost
>to specifically defensive automation in the face of imports? lost
>due to surge of imports?
>
>how was this number arrived at? what is it an estimate of?
Total employment, from the BLS establishment survey (thousands)
11/00 11/01 change
Textile mill products............... 514 447 - 67
Apparel and other textile products.. 611 532 - 79
total textile & apparel -146
Doug
