NEC's unions might be coming around, too.
"We would support it if the factory sale didn't compromise workers' conditions," said NEC union deputy chairman Hisashi Urata.
The sales will not be painless. Analysts and economists predict plant sale to foreign companies will undoubtedly lead to layoffs.
"Most foreign buyers would not operate plants in the same labor size as Japanese companies," said an economist Satterwhite.
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