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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatioh in a newsletter on its Web Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Mondah that the informationis accurate. The production stoppager comes a week before an alreaduscheduled one-week summer breal for the entire plant starting June 29, a Locapl 249 spokeswoman said. The plant also is scheduleds for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Salex of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percentt from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percenty from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slighrt increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancel the scheduledx down week on June 22 at its F-150 trucj plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intact at the Kansasa City Assembly Plant. “This is partiall due to depleted fund forthe state’s Divisioh of Unemployment in Michigan, making down weeks at less of an option,” the Local 249 said in the Local 249 added that sales projections continur to be less than the five shifts at the two trucmk plants can produce if they work full time througg the 2010 production Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and three in Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considerinbg once again moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansasx City Assembly 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 shifgt on the F-150 side of the Kansas City plant to a thirdf shift on the SUV side. The employees were movef back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapw sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percenft from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,6676 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Plantf also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybridd versions of the Ford Escape andMercury Mariner.
Combined salez of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercurg Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new companu record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehiclews was set inApril 2006. As of May, Ford’ws Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadaboutt 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.