JAPAN AUTO WORKERS
September 1st, 2001
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKERESEARCH studies released by the Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers Unions have predicted that there will be 143,000 fewer workers in the domestic automobile industry in 2005 compared with 2000, if Japanese auto sales continue to slump and if automobile and autoparts makers shift more production overseas.The projection, made jointly with Mitsubish Research Institute Ltd., of also Japan, assumes that domestic auto production in 2000 created about 10.14 million units and involved a workforce of 791,600, of whom 645,200 were ...
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