Day 138 - 20 Jun 95 - Page 53
1 for Ralph Kelly?
2 A. No. McBingo was something that we used generally
3 throughout the organisation at that time.
4
5 Q. Pausing there, with those two initial allegations, a
6 celebrity visit by the footballer, Earl Campbell, and then
7 the McBingo, were those complaints made by the union in the
8 course of the election proceedings?
9 A. Yes, they were.
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11 Q. Did the National Labour Relations Board adjudicate on
12 them?
13 A. Yes, they did.
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15 Q. What was the conclusion of the NLRB?
16 A. All of the allegations that were made were dismissed.
17 The NLRB certified the election results. They would not do
18 that if there had been merit.
19
20 Q. Was that true of the allegation that a staff disco had been
21 specially put on to please the employees?
22 A. That is correct.
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24 Q. The pay cheques?
25 A. Yes.
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27 Q. Had Ralph Kelly prepared comparative pay cheques?
28 A. Yes, he did.
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30 Q. What did those pay cheques show -- did you see them?
31 A. Yes, I did see them.
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33 Q. What did they show?
34 A. There were two pay cheques. One pay cheque where the
35 actual earnings of the employee for whatever the time
36 period was -- I do not recall if it was a weekly or
37 bi-weekly time period -- minus what the union had indicated
38 would be their union dues, that they expected. I do not
39 know if "check off" means anything in -- deducted,
40 automatically ---
41
42 Q. Deduction?
43 A. -- yes, automatic deduction from pay cheques minus
44 that. The second pay cheque was the exact sum of money
45 that the union had indicated that it would want checked off
46 of pay cheques. He did hand them both cheques.
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48 Q. I assume that in the results if you looked at the two
49 together the union did not come out favourably on that
50 basis?
51 A. It showed -----
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It was a graphic way, I suppose, of
54 demonstrating how much they would pay to the union out of
55 their pay cheque each period?
56 A. Exactly, my Lord.
57
58 Q. Do you have any idea at that time what the union dues
59 were? Can you recall now?
60 A. I believe it was something like one or two per cent of
