Day 135 - 15 Jun 95 - Page 13
1 not see eye to eye on certain subjects and that kind of
2 thing.
3
4 Q. Yes, but from the crew members, grievances from crew
5 members about their conditions of work, what kind of things
6 have been brought up to your attention that you have acted
7 upon?
8 A. People felt they were unfairly paid, maybe, people who
9 thought they were getting not enough hours; that would be
10 acted upon.
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12 Q. Why would not getting enough hours be a grievance?
13 A. Well, if somebody wanted to work more because they
14 wanted to earn more money, that would be a grievance.
15
16 Q. The accident book at East Ham ---
17 A. Yes.
18
19 Q. -- you would be aware that it existed?
20 A. Yes.
21
22 Q. That is a daft question ---
23 A. Yes.
24
25 Q. -- would you see it every day or every few days, would you
26 check up who has been in it?
27 A. I would review it. I would not review do it every few
28 days because there were not that many entries in it, but
29 probably monthly.
30
31 Q. You would check it monthly?
32 A. Yes. I mean, it is now a standard procedure in the
33 Company to check it more often but at that time it was not.
34
35 Q. At East Ham when was the last accident book completed and
36 changed to a new accident book?
37 A. I honestly cannot say.
38
39 Q. If you check it every month you must remember when it gets
40 full up?
41 A. As I recall, I mean, when I was last there, as Store
42 Manager, we went back to when the last one was destroyed
43 which was in a fire, so there was only one book there, so
44 it was not changed because there was no need to change it.
45
46 Q. Sorry, I did not.....
47
48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He does not recall the accident book being
49 changed while he was there; it was the same one.
50
51 MR. MORRIS: Right. (To the witness): So does that mean that
52 the one you are using now is the same one that is being
53 used -----
54 A. Well, I am not there at present but the one -- yes, it
55 was the same one that has been used in the past but -----
56
57 Q. What I mean is that you have got one there presently?
58 A. Yes.
59
60 Q. How many years is the one you have been using presently? I
