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4(a) Port Committees will consist equally of port workers elected from and by Workers Councils and representatives of

The Week Vol. 4, No. 2, 15 July 1965 · pp. 23-24 of the scan · 258 words

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elected from and by Workers Councils and representatives of other interested hodics. 4(b) Area Committees will be elected Comnittees on the same besis of repre ‘“(¢) The National Committee will be e Area Committees on the same. basis of r . The N.P.4. will be responsidle for vara investment end

he operation of the Port System throughout the United Kingdom. 6. $11 shippince entering British Territorial Waters shall’ come under the control of the Authority. If it appears likely that ship will be seriously delayed at its port of preference, then the euthority shall heave power to Girect it to the nearest suitable port. This pre-supposes an integrated transport system with « level of charges fixed in terms of ultimate destinetion - i.e.: the total charge for shipping goods from

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Potcerdam to London will be fixed whether the authority @Gecides thet tre ship will dock at London or Dover.

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A solution to the dock problem,continucd/ |

It will al8d"pé the besponsibility of the N.PiAV es ensure

that all developments be viewed on oa wide national scale, and

not in piecemeal fashion es has been the practice in the past.

Whilst the Authority:(wilil:-beiresponsible for capital invest+

an ang oe operation. of the Netional Port System, the

latbioxals ard (hereinafter reformed Fo, 68 the,

W.D.I.Bs) will beeome thevenpioyer of alt dock labour.

1. The N.D.L.B. will heve complete control of all workers

including supervisory gredes, and will deal with all le abour

problems including; disebphine ss: to 4

Ce There-,willk, be: vhree Level's of Boords:=

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