December 29, 2010

Mass layoff initial claims in manufacturing, November 2010

Initial claimants for unemployment insurance due to mass layoff events, selected manufacturing industries, November 2009 and November 2010
Industry	Nov 2009	Nov 2010
Manufacturing, total	55,053	41,383
Transportation equipment	13,806	7,754
Food	6,631	7,242
Machinery	5,080	2,980
Wood products	3,505	2,568
Plastics and rubber products	2,802	1,912
Primary metals	3,426	1,352
Computer and electric products	2,788	990

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