Day 182 - 02 Nov 95 - Page 21
1 Q. Sorry, I am just trying to think that Theo Holm makes some
2 reference to -- yes, he said that there was a boycott
3 threat but that it would not have affected the store
4 because their sole supplier -----
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Paragraph 7.
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8 MR. MORRIS: Thank you. Paragraph 7, sorry. (To the witness):
9 It says: "Our sole supplier was not a union organised
10 company", can you comment on that?
11 A. Well, he must be wrong because we get meat from one
12 supplier, we get fries from one supplier, we get -----
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14 Q. Different suppliers?
15 A. Yes. We get, you know, the different -- the cups and
16 things from another supplier; we get cokes from another
17 supplier; there is someone who collects the garbage from
18 the restaurant and all these were unionised factories or
19 companies. In Norway, it usually works so that if there is
20 a strike on, these companies will be sent a notice or the
21 union members there will be given notice that there is a
22 strike going on at this place, and as long as they see a
23 picket line, they will just go on. They will not deliver.
24 I have been picketing myself on occasions twice, and that
25 is the way it has happened then.
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27 Q. Right. Just one question, that in Theo Holm's first
28 supplementary statement he says: "The number of restaurant
29 staff", in paragraph 3, "totals about 1,000 out of whom 14
30 have sought union organisation".
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is 24, divider 24.
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34 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Paragraph 3.
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38 MR. MORRIS: That is all I was going to refer to. Just a simple
39 question: Is 14 number of union -- he does not actually
40 say union members, he says: "14 have sought union
41 organisation". I do not know what that means, but how many
42 union members do you have at your store, have you had in
43 recent months?
44 A. I believe there are about 15 right now.
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46 Q. That is your store alone?
47 A. That is my store, yes.
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49 Q. Are there union members in other stores?
50 A. Yes.
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52 Q. I am sorry, I am trying to cross-reference about three
53 different statements or documents.
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55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Look, we will take the five minute break
56 there.
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58 MR. MORRIS: I think we are making progress.
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. In case you have not done so, what
