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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiom in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice Presidenf Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the informationmis accurate. The productionb stoppage comes a week before an alreadyschedulecd one-week summer break for the entirw plant starting June 29, a Localk 249 spokeswoman said. The planyt also is scheduled for a summer breaik during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-seriez trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,758 in April but down 22.3 percen t from 42,973 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the slighgt increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancep the scheduled 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 Assemblt Plant. “This is partially due to depleteed funds forthe state’s Division of Unemployment in making down weeks at less of an option,” the Locap 249 said in the Local 249 added that saled projections continue to be less than the five shiftd at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time throughn the 2010 production year. Ford runs two shiftss at Claycomo and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considerinh 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 said. A year ago, Ford moverd about 800 workers from a second shifr onthe F-150 side of the Kansas City plant to a thirx shift on the SUV side. The employees were move back tothe F-15 0 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapse sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,5967 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,66 7 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Plan t also produces the Mercury Marinedr and hybrid versions of the Ford Escaper andMercury Mariner.
Combined sales of hybridf versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercurty Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new compan y record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inApripl 2006. As of May, Ford’s Kansas City Assembl Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salarieds employees.