Day 187 - 13 Nov 95 - Page 31


     
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     2                         (Luncheon Adjournment)
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     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What about Miss Villeneuve-Gallez, then,
     5        Mr. Rampton?
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     7   MR. RAMPTON:  It is all right.  It is not perfect English, but
     8        as a translation, I am told, it does very well.
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    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  Would you like to read both the
    11        statements in their English translation?  I will not put
    12        you to reading them in French.
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    14   MR. MORRIS:  No.  It is just as well.  Can I just say that, if
    15        it is any help, I got this statement, the first one,
    16        8th September 1994, and Mr. Lamti's on the same date; they
    17        were in the same envelope, or in the same fax, I think it
    18        was, actually.
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    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  When do you think you got Mr. Lamti's?
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    22   MR. MORRIS:  I think it would have been that same day; it would
    23        have been 8th September, or around that time.
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    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Soon after that?
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    27   MR. MORRIS:  Soon after that, yes.
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    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just pause a moment. (Pause)
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    31   MR. MORRIS:  It is my belief that she wrote this statement
    32        specifically for this case; and, indeed, the other one as
    33        well, her second one.
    34
    35        This is the statement of Chantal Villeneuve-Gallez, of Lyon
    36        in France, 8th September 1994.
    37
    38        "I am an area (swing) manager at McDonald's 'Bellecour' in
    39        Lyon and my work consists of assisting the shift manager,
    40        that is to say, taking responsibility for a particular area
    41        of the restaurant, either the seating area or the kitchen
    42        or the counter.  It is my job to ensure the smooth running
    43        of the area I am responsible for.  Since May 1993, the date
    44        of the elections of staff representatives in which I was a
    45        candidate, I have been asked to carry out tasks which have
    46        be incompatible with the position of responsibility which
    47        I have held since 1991.
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    49        "For example, I am systematically assigned to kitchen duty,
    50        either alone or with one other worker, and am therefore 
    51        doing the job of a kitchen worker and not of an area 
    52        manager.  In the months that followed these elections, my 
    53        role became that of a "jack of all trades", at the mercy of
    54        the shift manager, the area managers and even the other
    55        staff, and I was relieved of all my responsibilities.
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    57        "Since May 1993 I have never been assigned to the service
    58        counter which is the most satisfying job for an area
    59        manager as it entails the overseeing and organisation of a
    60        team of cashiers, balancing the tills and management of

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