U.S., Hawaii manufacturing jobs decline
The U.S. Department of Labor reported that nationwide, manufacturing jobs have been taking the biggest hit in layoffs in recent months, and that is also the case in Hawaii.
Hawaii manufacturing jobs declined slightly from 15,200 workers in December 2007 to 15,100 in January, a decrease of 0.7 percent. There were 3 mass layoffs in January, resulting in the loss of 217 jobs, according to the department.
However, the number of production workers in the manufacturing industry has remained steady since October 2007, at about 10,400 workers electronic check payday advance.
The labor department said weekly earnings of U.S. manufacturing workers are up 7.3 percent from January 2007 to $639.85, but are down 5 percent from $636.34 in December 2007.
Manufacturing employees worked an average 36.9 hours a week in January, down from 37.3 in December and up from 36.7 hours in January 2007.
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