M. van Klaveren, K.G. Tijdens, M. Hughie-Williams and N.E. Ramos Martin
when the industry average still was 142.3 hours, or 6.5 hours more than in 2008 (all data: ILO Laborsta,
Table 4A). Detailed figures on average working weeks for manufacturing sub-sectors (from ILO Laborsta,
Table 4B) learn that in 2008 these average weeks for men and women alike were less than 30 hours in the
manufacture of textile and leather goods, basic metals, and in machinery and equipment production, sug-
gesting that these sub-sectors by then -except for structural decreasing employment, in particular in textiles
et cetera-- went through a slack time.
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