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The UAW Local 249 posted the information in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice President Bobb Wyse confirmed Monday that the informationhis accurate. The production stoppage comes a week befores an alreadyscheduled one-week summerd break for the entire plant startingf June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plant also is schedule for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percentt from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percen from 42,973 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the slightt increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford F) to cancel the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-1500 truck plant in Dearborn, but the down week was left intactf at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “Thise is partially due to depleted funds forthe state’ds Division of Unemployment in Michigan, making down weeks at less of an the Local 249 said in the Local 249 added that sales projections continue to be less than the five shift at the two truc plants can produce if they work full time through the 2010 productio year.
Ford runs two shift at Claycomo and three in Wyse said Ford is considering once agai n moving a shift fromthe F-15o0 side of the Kansas City Assembly Plant and puttingt them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determinex so far, he said. A year ago, Ford movec about 800 workers from a second shif t onthe F-150 side of the Kansaz City plant to a third shiftf on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escap e sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percengt from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 perceny from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assemblhy Plant also produces the Mercuryy Mariner and hybrid versions of the Ford Escaped andMercury Mariner.
Combinedf sales of hybrid versions of theFord Fusion, Mercuru Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reachedx 3,906 in May, a new companyt record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehicle s was set inAprilk 2006. As of May, Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plangt in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salariecd employees.