Day 135 - 15 Jun 95 - Page 10
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2 Q. You do not remember? When you overheard him talking to
3 other people about trade unions, do you remember what they
4 were discussing then?
5 A. I honestly cannot say; it is a long time ago.
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7 Q. Did you ever talk to anybody else about Mr. Sutcliffe's
8 interest in trade unions?
9 A. Not that I recall.
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11 Q. Did you ever talk to any other crew members about unions,
12 either asking them what they thought about unions or
13 telling them yours or McDonald's views on unions?
14 A. Not that I recall.
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16 Q. You do not remember. You are aware, I presume, of
17 Mr. Nicholson making a visit to the East Ham store to talk
18 to -----
19 A. No, I was not actually.
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21 Q. You were not aware of it?
22 A. No.
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24 Q. So you were Second Assistant Manager?
25 A. Yes.
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27 Q. Or First Assistant Manager possibly, and you were
28 completely unaware of what was going on at the store in
29 this area?
30 A. I do not believe I was a Second Assistant at the time;
31 I seem to remember being the Floor Manager.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You said you were a Second Assistant in
34 1987. What was the date when Mr. Nicholson visited?
35 Mr. Sutcliffe, on the face of his statement, worked for
36 over 12 months from December 1986 which, I suppose, might
37 have taken him into early 1988. If his recollection is
38 right about that in his statement, it is through 1987.
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40 MS. STEEL: Right. I think actually that the pleadings are
41 wrong because they say 1986, but I think it is 1987 that
42 Mr. Sutcliffe was there.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL (To the witness): In any event, you became
45 Store Manager in 1988, you said?
46 A. Roughly, yes, six years, five years, something like
47 that.
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49 Q. Without looking back at the computer, I thought you said
50 you became Second Assistant in 1987 and Store Manager in
51 1988. Did you become First Assistant in between or not?
52 A. For a very short period, yes.
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54 MS. STEEL: Do you know how long that was?
55 A. I know from turning salaried to becoming Store Manager
56 I think it was a year.
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58 Q. And Second Assistant was when you became salaried?
59 A. Yes.
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