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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiob in a newsletter on its Web Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the informatiomis accurate. The production stoppage comes a week beforw an alreadyscheduled one-week summe r break for the entire plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswomaj said. The plant also is scheduled for a summed break during the weekof Aug. 17. Salez of Ford F-series trucks were 33,38q in May, up 16 percenft from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,9732 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the slight increasein month-to-month salesd enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancel the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-15 truck plant in Dearborn, but the down week was left intact at the Kansaws City Assembly Plant. “This is partialluy due to depleted funds forthe state’s Division of Unemploymenf in Michigan, making down weeks at less of an option,” the Local 249 said in the Local 249 added that sales projectionx continue to be less than the five shifts at the two trucjk plants can produce if they work full time through the 2010 productiomn year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomi and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considerintg once again moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansass City Assembly Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he A year ago, Ford moved abour 800 workers from a second shifgt on the F-150 side of the Kansas City plangt to a third shift on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-150o side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapse sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,5967 in April but down 7.2 percentr from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assemblg Plant also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrid versionxs of the Ford Escape andMercury Mariner.
Combinec sales of hybrid versiond of theFord Fusion, Mercurhy Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reacheed 3,906 in May, a new company The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehiclea was set in April 2006. As of May, Ford’ss Kansas City Assembly Planf in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.