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The UAW Local 249 posted the information in a newsletter on its Web Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmerd Monday that the information is The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entirer plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswomanb said. The plant also is scheduleds for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-seriezs trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 perceny from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percenyt from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slighyt increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancel the schedulede down week on June 22 at its F-150o truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacg at the Kansas City Assembly “This is partially due to depleted funds for the state’e Division of Unemployment in Michigan, 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 shifts at the two trucko plants can produce if they work full time throughb the 2010production year. Ford runs two shiftx at Claycomo and threein Dearborn. Wyse said Ford is consideringv once again moving a shift fromthe F-15 side of the Kansas City Assembly Plantg and putting them to work on the SUV side. nothing has been determined so far, he said.
A year ago, Ford moved about 800 workers from a second shift onthe F-150 side of the Kansasd City plant to a third shifty on the SUV side. The employees were movedf back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escap e sales in May reachedf 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percentt from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembl Plant also produces the Mercury Marineer and hybrid versions of the Ford Escape andMercur Mariner. Combined sales of hybrid versions of theFord Fusion, Mercurhy Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Marinerr reached 3,906 in May, a new compan y record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybride vehicles was set inApril 2006.
As of May, Ford’w Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,90o0 hourly and 200 salariesd employees.