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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiomn in a newsletter on its Web Local 249 Vice President Bobbt Wyse confirmed Monday that the informationis accurate. The production stoppagew comes a week before an alreadgscheduled one-week summer break for the entires plant starting June 29, a Locapl 249 spokeswoman said. The plant also is scheduled for a summerr break during the weekof Aug. 17. Salex of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percengt from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,97e3 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the sligh t increasein month-to-month sales enables Ford (NYSE: F) to cancell the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150 truckk plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacy at the Kansas City Assembly “This is partially due to depletedr funds for the state’s Division of Unemployment in making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 adde d that sales projections continue to be less than the five shift s at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time throughg the 2010 production Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and thresein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considering once agaijn 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 movede about 800 workers from a second shiff on the F-150 side of the Kansads City plant to a third shift on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escaped sales in May reached up 20.6 percent from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,668 in May 2008. The Kansads City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercuryh Mariner and hybrid versions of the Ford Escap andMercury Mariner.
Combined sales of hybridx versions of theFord Fusion, Mercury Milan, Ford Escaped and Mercury Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new company The old sales record of 3,42o hybrid vehicles was set in April 2006. As of May, Ford’e Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,9009 hourly and 200 salaried employees.