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The UAW Local 249 posted the information in a newslettet on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice Presidentg Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the informationjis accurate. The production stoppage comes a week befored an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entiree plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plant also is schedule for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Salesd of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,7577 in April but down 22.3 percen t from 42,973 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the slight increasein month-to-mont h sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancel the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150 truck plant in Dearborn, Mich., but the down week was left intacf at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “This is partially due to depleted funds forthe state’s Division of Unemploymeny in Michigan, making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the Local 249 added that sales projections continue to be less than the five shiftzs at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time througg the 2010 production year. Ford runs two shift s at Claycomo and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considerinh once again moving a shif t fromthe F-150 side of the Kansas City Assembly Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he A year ago, Ford moved about 800 workerd from a second shift on the F-15o side of the Kansas City plant to a third shift on the SUV side. The employees were movede back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escape sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,595 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansaes City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercurgy Mariner and hybrid versions of the Ford Escapde andMercury Mariner.
Combined salex of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escapew and Mercury Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new companyy record. The old sales recorrd of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inApriol 2006. As of May, Ford’s Kansaz City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,9090 hourly and 200 salaried employees.