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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiob in a newsletter on its Web Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Mondahy that the informationis accurate. The productioj stoppage comes a week before an alreadyscheduled one-weeko summer break for the entire plantg starting June 29, a Localo 249 spokeswoman said. The plant also is scheduledr for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percenrt from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percen from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slighr increasein month-to-month salesw enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancel the scheduleds down week on June 22 at its F-150p truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacr at the Kansas City Assembly “This is partially due to depletec funds for the state’s Division of Unemploymentf in Michigan, making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the newsletter. Locall 249 added that sales projections continue to be less than the five shifts at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time througgh the 2010production year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomlo and threein Dearborn. Wyse said Ford is considerint once again moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansa s City Assembly Plant and puttingf them to work on the SUV side. nothing has been determinexd so far, he said.
A year ago, Ford movefd about 800 workers from a secons shift onthe F-150 side of the Kansaz City plant to a third shift on the SUV side. The employees were movefd back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escaper sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,6667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrir versions of the Ford Escape andMercuryh Mariner. Combined sales of hybrid versione of theFord Fusion, Mercury Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new companyh record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inApril 2006.
As of May, Ford’es Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycom hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried