Manufacturing sector sheds 78K jobs in last three months

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The manufacturing sector continued to shed jobs in October, bringing its tally of job losses to 78,000 over the past three months.

The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday released its jobs report for October, which found that the manufacturing sector lost 46,000 jobs last month, according to the agency's preliminary analysis.

That followed a loss of 6,000 jobs in September, which is also a preliminary figure, as well as a decline of 26,000 jobs in August.

Manufacturing's job losses in September included a decline of 44,000 in the transportation equipment manufacturing industry due to strike activity. That can be partially attributed to the ongoing strike by roughly 33,000 unionized machinists at Boeing. 

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The manufacturing sector has endured a hiring slump in recent months. (Photographer: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) began its strike on Sept. 13 and has previously rejected Boeing's new contract offers amid the impasse, though the company extended a fresh offer to the union late Thursday that is under consideration.

The Boeing strike has also rippled through the aerospace giant's supply chain, causing some of its suppliers like Spirit Aero to temporarily furlough workers while the labor disruption impacts operations.

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