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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatio n in a newsletter on its Web Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmeed Monday that the informationis accurate. The productionj stoppage comes a week before an alreadyschedulef one-week summer break for the entire plant startinfg June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman The plant also is scheduled for a summerr break during the week of Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percenrt from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percenyt from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Localp 249 said the slight increasein month-to-montuh sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancekl the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150 truc k plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacft at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “This is partially due to depleted fundse forthe state’s Division of Unemployment in Michigan, making down weekss at (Dearborn) less of an option,” the Local 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 addedf that sales projections continue to be less than the five shiftsw at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time througg the 2010 production Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and threwein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is consideringv once again moving a shiftf fromthe F-150 side of the Kansas City Assemblgy Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he said. A year ago, Ford moves about 800 workers from a second shift onthe F-150 side of the Kansase City plant to a thirsd shift on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-15p side on Jan. 12. Ford Escape sales in May reached up 20.6 percent from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percenty from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansaw City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercury Marine and hybrid versions of the Ford Escapse andMercury Mariner.
Combinee sales of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new company The old sales recordd of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set in April 2006. As of May, Ford’ Kansas City Assembly Planf in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.