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035			_a(Sirsi) u113932
245			_aManufacturing matters
260			_c2001
490			_aMachinery Market _v(5250) 12 July 2001, 18-20(3)
520			_aArticle which considers how the importance of manufacturing has been neglected over the years by successive governments. Describes issues raised at the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) conference and the launch of "Manufacturing matters", an industrial strategy document from the TGWU that outlines the decline of manufacturing in the Uk compared with the US, France and Germany. The document lists a number of weaknesses that are holding back the performance of the manufacturing industry; such as the need for greater investment per worker and a shortfall in skills to be made up. In order to make government's industrial policy work, also calls for a Manufacturing Unit in the DTI. Graphs.
590			_aABS
650			_aMANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
650			_aDECLINE
650			_aINVESTMENT PERFORMANCE
650			_aGOVERNMENT
650			_aDTI
650			_aSKILLS GAP
650			_aGERMANY
650			_aFRANCE
650			_aUNITED STATES
650			_aINDUSTRIAL POLICY
650			_aTRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS UNION
690			_aINVESTMENT
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