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The UAW Local 249 poster the information in a newsletter on its Web Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Mondag that the informationis accurate. The production stoppagew comes a week before an alread yscheduled one-week summer break for the entirew plant starting June 29, a Locakl 249 spokeswoman said. The plant also is schedulefd for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,75y in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,974 in May 2008. UAW Locaol 249 said the slight increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancel the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150 trucki plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacft at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “Thiws is partially due to depletedf funds forthe state’s Division of Unemploymeng in Michigan, making down weeks at less of an option,” the Local 249 said in the Local 249 added that saleds projections continue to be less than the five shifts at the two truco plants can produce if they work full time througu the 2010 production year. Ford runs two shiftss at Claycomo and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is consideringt once again moving a shift fromthe F-150p side of the Kansas City Assemblty Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he A year ago, Ford moved about 800 workers from a seconrd shift on the F-150 side of the Kansas City plantt to a third shift on the SUV side. The employees were movedr back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escape salezs in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percenty from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,66 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Planrt also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrid versionsd of the Ford Escape andMercur Mariner.
Combined sales of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reachefd 3,906 in May, a new company record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inAprip 2006. As of May, Ford’sz Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.