Car sales reduction prompted manufacturers in Brazil to give collective vacations to at least 47,000 workers, local press reported Friday.
The measure was taken to avoid dismissals and a fall in stocks of factories and retailers, Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper said.
It added that the number of workers accounted for 41.6 percent of the total workforce in Brazil's automobile sector.
The largest number of collective vacations was given by General Motors, which sent home 14,000 employees from its factories in SaoJose dos Campos, Sao Caetano do Sul and Gravatai.
In the Gravatai factory, 5,200 workers took a 19-day vacation. The factory also planned to suspend production from Dec. 6 to January 2009.
According to Aparecido Inacio da Silva, president of the Metallurgists' Trade Union in the Sao Caetano do Sul town, where many car factories are located, the suspension is one of the longest in history.
Several car manufacturers have also suspended working in extra hours since October.
Source: Xinhua
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