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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiomn in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice Presidentt Bobby Wyse confirmed Mondayt that the informationis accurate. The productioj stoppage comes a week before an alreadhyscheduled one-week summer break for the entirr plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plantf also is scheduled for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Salee of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,757 in Aprill but down 22.3 percent from 42,97 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the slightt increasein month-to-month sale s enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancel the schedulexd down week on June 22 at its F-150 truckm plant in Dearborn, but the down week was left intact at the Kansaes City Assembly Plant. “This is partially due to depleted funds forthe state’s Division of Unemployment in Michigan, making down weekse at (Dearborn) less of an option,” the Locap 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 addec that sales projections continue to be less than the five shifts at the two truclk plants can produce if they work full time througg the 2010production year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and threwein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considering once again moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansasa City Assembly Plant and puttint them to work on the SUV side. However, nothing has been determinedf so far, he A year ago, Ford moved about 800 workers from a second shift onthe F-150 side of the Kansas City plantg to a third shift on the SUV side. The employees were moved back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escap e sales in May reachef 16,391, up 20.6 percenyt from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 perceng from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembl Plant also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrid versionsd of the Ford Escape andMercury Mariner.
Combined salesd of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escapw and Mercury Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new companyu record. The old sales record of 3,42 hybrid vehicles was set in Aprill 2006. As of May, Ford’s Kansas City Assemblyg Plant in Claycomo hadabouyt 3,900 hourly and 200 salariesd employees.