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The chairman of a west coast port was recently accused of reverting to a 19th century practice when he tried to enforce 24-hour work schedules in all operational areas of the port. The unions were critical of the chairman because such an enforcement would mean end of the two-hour break between two shifts. Such a break was unacceptable, said the chairman pointing out that nowhere in the country was any port allowing such a thing to happen. His attention was then drawn to th e six-hour working in western European ports. But the chairman would not budge. The firmness seems to have yielded results for everything is now normal.

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