[November 06, 2009] Yamaha Motor sends 270 surplus workers to Toyota Tweet TOKYO, Nov 06, 2009 (Kyodo News International - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Yamaha Motor Co. has dispatched some 270 of its full-time workforce to Toyota Motor Corp. to secure jobs for workers who have become redundant due to sluggish motorcycle sales in the U.S. and European markets, company officials said Friday. The dispatched workers will work until December or March at Toyota plants busy keeping up with demand for Prius hybrid cars, they said. In a related development, a Yamaha subsidiary has also sent about 40 workers to Nissan Motor Co. To see more of Kyodo News International, go to http://www.kyodonews.com Copyright (c) 2009, Kyodo News International, Tokyo Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]