Stevedores at volatile Ashdod port earned as much as IL 3000, about $400 one recent Saturday because of a complex system of calculating overtime that permits a longshoreman to submit a bill for 300 hours work during a 24-hour day, according to a Knesset Labor Committee report on Ashdod.
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