September 2003
Finding Region-Specific Industry
Information
If you know the Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) code for an industry that is in your area then you
can enter it on databases like the North
American Development Bank site given below and see official
estimates of the number of jobs lost due to NAFTA. The way
SIC codes work is that the first two digits are the major
industry group, the third is the industry group (more specific)
and the fourth is the actual industry. This system has now
been updated to the North American Industry Classification
System (although many databases have not yet converted),
if you need to convert your SIC code into a NAIC code you
can visit the NAICS Association page listed below.
SICCODE.COM,
The Worldwide Business Directory
http://www.siccode.com/
Lists SIC codes by industry category, includes agriculture,
forestry, fishing; mining; wholesale trade; retail trade;
construction; finance, insurance, real estate; manufacturing;
services; transportation & public utilities; public
administration
North
American Development Bank Los Angeles Office & the US
Community & Investment Program
http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/NADBANK/NDB_COLD_FUSION_ROOT/index.cfm
Data on NAFTA-TAA awards, unemployment figures over-time
& county business patterns by county and SIC code
Timber Industry (SIC Codes 0800-0851)
Endgame
http://www.endgame.org/gtt-arm.html
Timber company profiles, articles on the links between trade
agreements and the timber industry, information on trade
flows, and information on subsidies, corporate welfare and
taxes
Textile Industry (SIC Codes between 2200
& 2300) &
Apparel Manufacturing (SIC Code between 2300-2400)
Mass
Layoff Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ml
Scroll down to Textiles and select, then select "Retrieve
Data" to create a table showing the amount of layoffs
for this industry from 1995 to 2001. Information given on
a national basis.
North
American Development Bank Los Angeles Office & the US
Community & Investment Program
http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/NADBANK/NDB_COLD_FUSION_ROOT/index.cfm
Data on NAFTA-TAA awards, SIC codes for textile mills and
apparel and other textile products are between 2200 &
2300
Military Industrial Complex
National
Priorities Project
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/
Click on NPP Database (on left side of page). Select issue
search then select "military" to retrieve information
on Department of Defense procurement contracts & salaries;
active, inactive military & civilian employees (salaries
& wages); cost of nuclear weapons & military in
terms of individual income taxes.
A project of the DataCenter's
Economic Justice
Program.
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