Industrial payrolls had a real gain in April

20/06/2003 - 11h19

Rio, 23/6/2003 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - There was a real gain of 0.7% in the size of industrial sector payrolls in the month of April, reports the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in its monthly survey of employment and salaries. In March payrolls fell 2.0%. They also fell compared to April 2002, down 7.5%, for the year, down 7.0%, and for the last 12 months, down 3.9%. (AB)