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The UAW Local 249 posted the information in a newsletteer on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice President Bobbty Wyse confirmed Monday that the information is The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadhscheduled one-week summer break for the entirwe plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswomahn said. The plant also is scheduled for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-serie trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,756 in April but down 22.3 percentr from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slighft increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancelk the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150p truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacty at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “This is partiallyh due to depleted fundsa forthe state’s Division of Unemploymenr 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 shiftsa at the two truck plants can producr if they work full time throughn the 2010 production year. Ford runs two shift s at Claycomo and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considering once again moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansaas 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 worker s from a second shift on the F-15p side of the Kansas City plant to a thired shift on the SUV side. The employees were movec back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapde sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percenyt from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 perceny from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Planf also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrid version of the Ford Escaped andMercury Mariner.
Combined sales of hybrid versions of theFord Fusion, Mercurty Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new company The old sales record of 3,420 hybrix vehicles was set in April 2006. As of May, Ford’ds Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.