Day 173 - 16 Oct 95 - Page 31
1 Q. You do not know why they would be different?
2 A. I cannot recall.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: There is one obvious -- Bernadette Casey, for
5 instance, was on £1.27 an hour on 27th March, and it looks
6 as if at some stage she went up 15 pence and was on £1.42.
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8 MS. STEEL: Do you know when the list of crew members picketers
9 was prepared?
10 A. Sorry, which page are you referring to? The
11 handwritten page, is it?
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13 Q. The third page.
14 A. No, I do not.
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16 Q. The fact sheet. The Company, during the strike, put out
17 its own counter argument regarding what the wage rates were
18 and what it thought of the dispute; that is fair to say,
19 yes?
20 A. Can you refer me to that page, please?
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22 Q. The forth page.
23 A. Fourth handwritten page, is it?
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25 Q. Yes.
26 A. Sorry, your question is?
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28 Q. Well, it is related to that. It is not directly on this
29 sheet. But during the strike the Company was putting out
30 counter information to what the strikers were saying --
31 would that be fair to say -- about what rates of pay were
32 and whether conditions were satisfactory, etcetera?
33 A. Are you talking about a Press release that we would
34 have made?
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36 Q. Well, did the Company stay entirely silent?
37 A. No, no. We issued statements to the Press.
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39 Q. Right. Did that include average rates of pay for crew
40 members -- sorry, not just for crew members -- for those on
41 strike?
42 A. I cannot recall the contents, unless you can refer it
43 to me. I can recall we issued Press releases.
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45 Q. Yes. Did that include contradicting or stating what you
46 believed the rates of pay were at the stores that were
47 involved in the dispute, what the average rates of pay
48 were?
49 A. I cannot recall the contents of what was in the Press
50 release. But is it in here, in this? Can you refer it to
51 me, so I can -----
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53 Q. I am not asking for an exact figure. I am asking you
54 whether you recall the kind of information being put out
55 about -----
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Why not make some suggestions to him?
58 (To the witness) Hourly rates have been suggested to you.
59 A. It is possible that we put that in the Press release,
60 my Lord, but I cannot recall exactly what we put in the
