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The UAW Local 249 posted the information in a newslettedr on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmerd Monday that the information is The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entire plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plany also is scheduled for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Saless of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,75y in April but down 22.3 percenft from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slightt increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to canceol the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-15p0 truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intac at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “Thies is partially due to depletesd funds forthe state’s Division of Unemployment in making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an option,” the Loca l 249 said in the Local 249 added that sales projections continue to be less than the five shifts at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time througb the 2010 production year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and thredin Dearborn. Wyse said Ford is considerintg once again moving a shif t fromthe F-150 side of the Kansas City Assembly Plantt and putting them to work on the SUV side. nothing has been determined so far, he said.
A year ago, Ford moved about 800 workers from a second shift onthe F-150 side of the Kansax City plant to a thirdr shift on the SUV side. The employees were moved back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapr sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percen from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,667u in May 2008. The Kansas City Assemblyu Plant also produces the Mercurhy Mariner and hybrid versions of the Ford Escape andMercury Mariner. Combined salew of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reached 3,9076 in May, a new company record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inAprip 2006.
As of May, Ford’s Kansasw City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadabougt 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.