shift system in a sentence

Examples

1. In 1929, not long after the introduction of the reduced working day, all factories were ordered to adopt a three-shift system, allowing them to work day and night.
2. Some union members would prefer that the company switch to a three-crew, three-shift system, but company officials say that would cost too much and make the plant uncompetitive.
3. Service industries now increasingly operate on some shift system; for example a restaurant or convenience store will normally each day be open for much longer than a working day.
4. This made operation of the locks more complex, and so they were permanently manned during the heyday of the canal, with lock-keepers working a shift system to provide 24-hour cover.
5. Last week, leaders of International Union of Electronic Workers Local 798 met with GM Vice President Guy Briggs and Manufacturing Manager Frank Palopoli to pledge support for the three-crew, two-shift system.
6. The Lettera 22 uses a basket shift or segment shift ( that is, the unit including the typebars moves up and down when shifting, as opposed to the carriage shift system ).
7. Workers at Saturn Corp . in Spring Hill, Tenn ., have voted to reject their current rotating shift system, which has been a key element of the company's unusual principle of teamwork.
8. The factory employed a three shift system so that production was continuous, combining with the transport system so that as it dropped off one shift of employees it would take home another shift.
9. In extending the school day to eight hours from six, schools will no longer operate on a shift system, whereby one group of students study in the morning and another in the afternoon.
10. In his review, Bain listed 56 proposals for reforming the service, including a change to a shift system that currently allows firefighters to work two days followed by two nights, then four days off.