# Union GIWUSA is concerned that manufacturing has declined by 0.8-percent in the first quarter of this year. Union president Mametlwe Sebei says every percentage point decline in manufacturing translates directly into job losses across supply chains, transport, wholesale trade, maintenance, security, cleaning, and catering. He says the 0.8-percent decline in a single quarter, sustained over years, has already eliminated hundreds of thousands of industrial jobs:
GIWUSA says every percentage point decline in manufacturing translates directly into job losses [SOUND]
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