Day 137 - 19 Jun 95 - Page 33


     
     1        process, you cannot ask any questions at all with regard to
     2        origin.  Once someone is employed, hired, given the --
     3        offered the job, then the government requires you to keep a
     4        record by what minority group you fit into and every
     5        employer -----
     6
     7   Q.   No.  All I am asking is, if you can say, what is the
     8        history behind having to be aware that people of Hispanic
     9        origin, non-black Hispanic origin, suffer a risk of
    10        discrimination in the United States sufficient to warrant
    11        having a coding or some protection against it?
    12        A.  I am no expert on this, but I can gladly try to give
    13        you some general information.  The Hispanics, in general,
    14        that are residing in the US are not necessarily coming
    15        directly from Spain; they are coming for the most part
    16        under developed countries.
    17
    18   Q.   They have come across the Rio Grand, a lot of them?
    19        A.  Mexico, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua; they come from South
    20        America and generally from those groups.
    21
    22   MR. RAMPTON:  I think I have asked about that.  There is a
    23        document I would like you to look at.  I now remember where
    24        I was, Mr. Stein.  My apologies.  Can you replace that
    25        yellow X with the pink XI which you had a moment ago?
    26        A.  OK.
    27
    28   Q.   Turn again, please, to tab 6 and to page 311 which is a
    29        page of the Crew Book of 1992.  The second half of the
    30        page, I hope, is headed Performance Reviews and Pay
    31        Increases?
    32        A.  Yes, yes, I have it.
    33
    34   Q.   It says:  "McDonald's is a pay for performance company.
    35        This means that the better you do your job, the more money
    36        you can make".  So far as your experience over 21 years in
    37        McDonald's is concerned, is that true or false?
    38        A.  Oh, it is absolutely correct.  We are a pay for
    39        performance company.
    40
    41   Q.   "Your management team will review your job performance and
    42        wages two times a year, according to your hire date", true
    43        or false?
    44        A.  That is true.
    45
    46   Q.   Does it happen in practice?
    47        A.  Yes, it does.
    48
    49   Q.   Are there cases where sometimes a Manager will over look
    50        his obligation to do it as frequently as he ought to? 
    51        A.  Yes, there are.  It will happen on occasion but, 
    52        hopefully, the checks and balances that exist in the system 
    53        will catch that and deal with that.
    54
    55   Q.   What are the checks and systems that would catch a sloppy
    56        Manager?
    57        A.  We have rap sessions, crew meetings, internal
    58        communication, visits by Human Resources, audits, if you
    59        will.
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