Day 155 - 14 Jul 95 - Page 66
1 and the problem would be dealt with there and then, so it
2 never needed to go any further.
3
4 Q. But let us just say hypothetically that 3 or 4 per cent of
5 the people in the country, 3 to 4 per cent of McDonald's
6 workers, feel they are not getting paid for all the hours
7 they work, would you expect to hear that at rap sessions?
8 Is that the purpose of rap sessions to get that kind of
9 feeling out?
10 A. It is a consistent problem but remember rap sessions
11 are every 6 months, so it has to be going on for six months
12 continuously for it really to come out.
13
14 Q. I am just trying to find the crew opinion survey. From my
15 recollection, would anyone disagree with me if I said
16 I think it is something like 62 per cent of people ----
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18 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord it is behind Lyn Mead's statement in
19 tab 7.
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It was 82 per cent agreed that they got paid
22 for all hours worked.
23
24 MR. MORRIS: Right.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Eleven per cent was a query and 7 did not
27 agree, so it was 7 per cent who positively thought, I am
28 assuming at the moment, that they did not get paid for all
29 the hours they worked.
30
31 MR. MORRIS: That is not something you have heard come through
32 rap sessions?
33 A. No.
34
35 Q. You said that Mrs. Farrer worked on the lobby now at the
36 Seven Sisters store?
37 A. Then and now I gather.
38
39 Q. I thought that was something which she progressed to, that
40 is something she concentrated on since the time you were
41 there?
42 A. Yes, she basically went on to starting inviting the
43 local community and the like for sort of coffee mornings
44 etc. etc.
45
46 Q. But she is still doing it?
47 A. I assume so, I am not too sure. I have nothing to do
48 with the restaurant now.
49
50 Q. Well how do you know she is still doing it?
51 A. I just said I assumed so.
52
53 Q. When you were asked earlier on, you said that is correct
54 when it was put to you that she has progressed the lobby or
55 she is on the lobby most of the time?
56 A. She progressed in my time at Seven Sisters to that
57 position.
58
59 Q. Have you seen her recently?
60 A. No, I have not.
