Ford will stop Claycomo F-150 production for a week – New Mexico Business Weekly:
The UAW Local 249 posted the information in a newslettefr on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirme Monday that the information is The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadhyscheduled one-week summer break for the entire plantg starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoma n said. The plant also is schedulee for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-seriexs trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,757y in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,9732 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slighyt increasein month-to-month sales enabledc Ford (NYSE: F) to cancel the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150o truck plant in Mich.
, but the down week was left intacgt at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “This is partiallyy due to depleted funds forthe state’s Divisiomn of Unemployment in Michigan, making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the Local 249 added that sales projections continue to be less than the five shifta at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time throughu the 2010 production year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and threein Dearborn. Wyse said Ford is considering once agaim moving a shift fromthe F-15 0 side of the Kansas City Assembly Plantf and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he said.
A year ago, Ford movecd about 800 workers from a second shift onthe F-1500 side of the Kansas City plant to a thirf shift on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escaped sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,596t in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrid versions of the Ford Escape and Mercury Combined sales of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reacheds 3,906 in May, a new company record. The old salews record of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inApril 2006.
As of May, Ford’se Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,90 0 hourly and 200 salaried employees.
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