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The UAW Local 249 poste d the information in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Locaol 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the informatiois accurate. The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadscheduled one-week summer break for the entir plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman The plant also is scheduler for a summer break during the week of Aug. 17. Salez of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 perceny from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Locak 249 said the slighft increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancek the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-15 truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacgt at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “Thies is partially due to depleted fundas forthe state’s Division of Unemployment in 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 shiftsz at the two trucki plants can produce if they work full time througg the 2010 production year. Ford runs two shift at Claycomo and thredin Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is consideringt once again moving a shifrt fromthe F-150 side of the Kansas City Assembly Planr and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he A year ago, Ford movef about 800 workers from a second shifr on the F-150 side of the Kansas City plant to a third shifg on the SUV side. The employees were moved back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escape sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 perceny from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percenft from 17,667 in May 2008.
The Kansaas City Assembly Plant also produceds the Mercury Mariner and hybri versions of the Ford Escape and Mercury Combined sales of hybrid versions of theFord Fusion, Mercuryh Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Marinerd reached 3,906 in May, a new compan record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inApril 2006. As of May, Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomol hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salarier employees.