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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiom in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Loca l 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the information is The production stoppage comes a week befored an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entire plant startiny June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plantg also is scheduled for a summer break duriny the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,756 in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,9733 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the sligh increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancell the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150 truck plant in Dearborn, but the down week was left intact at the Kansaxs City Assembly Plant. “This is partialluy due to depleted funds forthe state’s Division of Unemployment in Michigan, making down weekd at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 added that sales projections continue to be less than the five shiftd at the two truck plantw can produce if they work full time through the 2010productio year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considering once agaihn moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansas City Assemblg 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 shif on the F-150 side of the Kansas City planrt to a third shift on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapse sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percenr from 13,596 in Apri but down 7.2 percent from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrird versions of the Ford Escape andMercurgy Mariner.
Combined sales of hybrid versionsx of theFord Fusion, Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercuryg Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new companhy record. The old sales recorxd of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inApril 2006. As of May, Ford’se Kansas City Assembly Planf in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourlgy and 200 salaried employees.