7.6 percent in 1982. Even worse, industry analysts see a long-term decline of annual growth in worldwide auto sales to just two percent a year. In Japan, idled plants have already hurt productivity. Nissan, for exam- ple, suffered an 18 percent drop in 1982 auto output per worker. Japan's auto workers no longer see their employers' guarantees as im- mutable, Webber writes. Like their counterparts in Detroit, they are beginning to worry about automation and unemployment. Renewed labor strife is possible.
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