Day 189 - 20 Nov 95 - Page 32
1 after we went back -- November, maybe November.
2
3 Q. What, the Carlsberg was?
4 A. I am not -- I cannot put an accurate time on.
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6 MR. MORRIS: What is the total length of time you reckon -----
7 A. Just a few weeks.
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How long, looking back now -- I know it is
10 an awful long time ago, so if you really cannot remember
11 just say so -- just approximately, to the best of your
12 recollection, how long was it after the alleged drinking
13 incident that you finished working altogether, stopped
14 working even part-time?
15 A. I would say a matter of weeks, your Lordship.
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17 MR. MORRIS: That included a period of suspension which was
18 revoked after the Rights -----
19 A. Yes. There was a period of -- and then I worked just
20 for a number of weeks after that period of suspension.
21
22 Q. When you were taken back after the Rights Commissioner
23 hearing, taken back by McDonald's, your suspension was
24 revoked, did you feel that the action of the Company
25 towards you had changed at all?
26 A. I think their attitude had changed towards me, yes,
27 because of the dispute, definitely, yes.
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29 Q. Sorry?
30 A. They had changed, yes, their attitude.
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32 Q. In what way?
33 A. Well, because they were obviously trying to get me out
34 at that stage. If you look back at the -----
35
36 Q. Sorry. You said that the attitude changed. Were you
37 saying that changed from before the dispute started? I am
38 trying to say, did that attitude change after the final
39 Rights Commission hearing, when your suspension was
40 revoked, did you feel then that your job was secure?
41 A. No, no.
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43 Q. OK. I think there are just one or two other points. Just
44 one small point: on page 976 of tab 59, did you see this
45 document during the dispute?
46 A. When I came back, I think I saw it, as far as
47 I remember.
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49 Q. When the dispute finished?
50 A. I think it was, yes, when I came back. Yes, I remember
51 seeing it.
52
53 Q. Can you pick out any management ---
54 A. Yes.
55
56 Q. -- people from this?
57 A. There is Thomas Cullen there.
58
59 Q. Sorry?
60 A. Thomas Cullen, who was management.
