Day 167 - 02 Oct 95 - Page 43
1 they had ceased working. In such circumstances the same
2 strict tests would be applied as those used when cooking
3 meat, to ensure that undercooked products would not be
4 served to customers". Do you stand by your statement so
5 far?
6 A. I do.
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8 Q. "Maintenance and Repair: Logan's comments on maintenance
9 and repair are again inaccurate in many respects. The
10 electrocution incident referred to, concerned an employee
11 in one of the Manchester restaurants. Jagon Flint was and
12 continues to be the restaurant's official maintenance
13 worker. He began working as a Crew Member, at which time
14 he held a certificate in basic electrical safety. He
15 completed First Aid and Safety At Work Courses and
16 subsequently qualified as an electrical engineer.
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18 It is correct to say that Managers are sometimes required
19 to repair toasters, however they must first have completed
20 an appropriate training course. In my experience at Bath
21 there have always been spare toasters available to replace
22 broken ones during busy periods and I have never seen
23 toasters patched up with blue plasters, as alleged.
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25 Hustle: I agree with Logan's definition of 'hustle' as
26 meaning 'get a move on'. However, I do not recall the term
27 being used to justify Crew Members running anywhere in the
28 restaurant, since this would obviously be dangerous to
29 employees and customers alike.
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31 I was not aware that Michael Logan applied for promotion in
32 early 1994. However, I understand that he submitted an
33 application form to the Area Human Resources Department and
34 that he attended at least one interview. Applicants would
35 normally be expected to go through an 'orientation' and a
36 probationary period, following which, if they are
37 successful, they will be offered promotion. I do not
38 recall and have been unable to trace any records showing
39 that Logan received an offer of promotion and so I am
40 unable to comment on the reasons he gives for declining his
41 alleged promotion. It is possible that he did not in fact
42 attend the orientation stage for some reason.
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44 I recall that Logan resigned around October or November
45 1994. He left the restaurant on the day that he announced
46 his resignation, without giving further notice.
47 I understood that he had secured a contract to work as a
48 sculptor, which was something he had wanted to do for some
49 time. About three weeks after his departure I learned that
50 the contract had fallen through. Shortly afterwards Logan
51 telephoned me to ask whether he could have his old job
52 back. I spoke to Phil Cummings, the Store Manager at the
53 time, and we both decided to refuse his request, since he
54 had shown himself to be irresponsible and unreliable in
55 resigning without giving notice,, thus leaving the
56 restaurant short staffed.
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58 Finally, I would dispute Logan's allegation that McDonald's
59 'treats its employees as a cost and not a resource, with
60 little regard to their rights or well being'. At bath
