Metro board questions plan to limit workers to 14 hours

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Metro board members told the transit agency on Thursday it needs to limit employees’ long hours after a new report showed that workers can log 16-hour shifts for days on end, leading to potentially dangerous safety conditions.

And some suggested that the agency’s plan to limit workers to 14-hour days may not go far enough to fight worker fatigue.

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