Ford will stop Claycomo F-150 production for a week - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiom in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Locap 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmeed Monday that the information is The production stoppage comes a week beforee an alreadyscheduled one-week summerd break for the entire plant starting June 29, a Locak 249 spokeswoman said. The plant also is schedulef for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Salez of Ford F-series trucks were 33,382 in May, up 16 percent from 28,757 in Apri l but down 22.3 percent from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slight increasein month-to-monthj sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancelo the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-15 0 truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intac at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “Thid is partially due to depleted fundxs forthe state’s Division of Unemploymeng in Michigan, making down weekw at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the Local 249 added that sales projections continu to be less than the five shiftsw at the two truck plants can producs if they work full time through the 2010 production Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and three in Wyse said Ford is considering once agai moving a shift from the F-150 side of the Kansas City Assembly Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he said.
A year ago, Ford mover about 800 workers from a second shifyt onthe F-150 side of the Kansas City plantt to a third shift on the SUV side. The employeese were moved back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapd sales in May reacherd 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Plantt also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybri d versions of the Ford Escape andMercurg Mariner. Combined sales of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercur Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new company The old sales record of 3,42p hybrid vehicles was set in April 2006.
As of May, Ford’se Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomko hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.