Day 140 - 22 Jun 95 - Page 46


     
     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If you go two more sheets, you will have it,
     2        I think.
     3        A.  Yes, I have it.
     4
     5   MR. MORRIS:  Sorry about that.  If we note, in his article in
     6        the third column, the middle column under the picture, he
     7        says:
     8
     9        "In Philadelphia, for example, a sampling of 20 restaurants
    10        showed an average starting wage of $4 per hour.  A study of
    11        20 suburbs and locations reveal an average of $5.10 an hour
    12        to start according to the store managers."
    13
    14        Then he goes on about some other areas.  That is the survey
    15        by Glen Berkin which you referred to before?
    16        A.  Yes, exactly.
    17
    18   Q.   You say that someone told you that he said he may withdraw
    19        what he said?
    20        A.  The information that I had was that he was not as
    21        certain about the information and indicated it was a random
    22        survey.  In fact, I notice a column here talking about
    23        "random calls".  The point was, I believe, that it was not
    24        very valid methodology.
    25
    26   Q.   But if he actually did speak to 20 restaurants in inner
    27        city Philadelphia and 20 restaurants in suburban
    28        locations -----
    29        A.  If I recall correctly what I was told, I was told
    30        that -----
    31
    32   Q.   Hang on, I am asking you a question.
    33        A.  I am sorry.
    34
    35   Q.   If he did speak to 20 restaurants in inner city and he
    36        spoke to 20 suburban locations and they did reveal an
    37        average of a $1.10 different, would that worry you?
    38        A.  It would be of concern to me.
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  There is something else you ought to put in
    41        that article?  Maybe you are going to do it.
    42
    43   MR. MORRIS:  No.
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you see the bottom of the first column?
    46
    47   MR. MORRIS: "McDonald's officials conceded that there was a wage
    48        disparity, but said it was more like 22 cents, not 87 cents
    49        an hour."
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Then, in fact:  "Company officials said the 
    52        gap had shrunk to about 11 cents per hour since the federal 
    53        minimum was raised earlier this year"; and the federal
    54        minimum was in fact raised -----
    55        A.  In April.
    56
    57   Q.   1st April, 1990?
    58        A.  That is correct.
    59
    60   MR. MORRIS:  So the -----

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