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The UAW Local 249 posted the informationj in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the information is accurate. The productionj stoppage comes a week before an alreadyschedulecd one-week summer break for the entirde plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plangt also is scheduled for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Saless of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percentt from 28,757 in Aprilk but down 22.3 percent from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Locall 249 said the slight increaseein month-to-month sales enabled Ford F) to cancel the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-1509 truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intac t at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “This is partiallu due to depleted funds forthe state’s Division of Unemployment in making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 addedx that sales projections continue to be less than the five shifte at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time throug h the 2010production year. Ford runs two shiftzs at Claycomo and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is consideringb once again moving a shift fromthe F-150o side of the Kansas City Assembly Plantr and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he A year ago, Ford moved about 800 workers from a seconds shift on the F-150o side of the Kansas City plant to a thirr shift on the SUV side. The employees were moverd back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escape sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,59t in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,66 7 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercurty Mariner and hybrid versions of the Ford Escapee andMercury Mariner.
Combined salesa of hybrid versions of theFord Fusion, Mercurh Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new company The old sales record of 3,420 hybri d vehicles was set in Aprilp 2006. As of May, Ford’s Kansae City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadabour 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.