"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Now, do you have a list of the occupations included in the "mfg. jobs"
section
of the report you noted? I went to the bls website
you referred to, and found a gazillion reports, files, etc etc etc going
back
many years. Can you offer a more definitive link that will demonstrate
that in
spite of the administration's stated intention to reclassify burger
flipping as
a manufacturing job, they have not, in fact, done so? (Or had not done so
in
the time period covered by the report?)

I'd really like to be wrong on this one. It would be better all around if
the
administration wasn't pumping up the number of manufacturing jobs merely
by
expanding the number of job classifications defined as "manufacturing."



Here is the reply I received from the BLS concerning the classification of
fast food jobs-


From: Brown, Harold - BLS
Cc: cesinfo ; Brown, Harold - BLS
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 3:42 PM
Subject: Question on manufacturing jobs


Thanks for your information request. Data on Eating and Drinking
establishments, formally SIC 58 in Retail Trade, are now included in NAICS
722 (Food Services and Drinking Places) and not classified as
Manufacturing jobs. Information about this NAICS code can be found at the
following link: http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/def/NDEF722.HTM

You can also obtain data on this industry from our survey by accessing the
following link: http://www.bls.gov/ces/cestips.htm

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me directly
by email or phone.





Harold Brown
Economist
(202)-691-6544