Day 173 - 16 Oct 95 - Page 46


     
     1        A.  I recollect it when I reread it, yes.
     2
     3   Q.   He was not just complaining about the rates of pay that he
     4        was getting; he was complaining about the rates of pay in
     5        general that he was getting in common with the other crew
     6        members?
     7        A.  Well, I think, reading from this, he complained about
     8        the rate of pay pertaining to himself, because he compared
     9        it to his previous wage in a previous employment.
    10
    11   Q.   He was not suggesting, though, that he should get more than
    12        the other crew members?
    13        A.  I do not recall that.
    14
    15   Q.   It then goes on further down there to say: "A crew rap
    16        session was called for 22nd February and was held in the
    17        Royal Dublin Hotel, O'Connell Street."
    18
    19        That was held by you; that is correct, is it not?
    20        A.  Yes, it would have been, and the manager as well of the
    21        restaurant.
    22
    23   Q.   That was standard practice, was it, that you attended all
    24        rap sessions and the manager did as well?
    25        A.  At that stage, with only two restaurants, I was able to
    26        attend probably the majority of the meetings and rap
    27        sessions.
    28
    29   Q.   The rap session, this was called following the crew
    30        meeting; it was a follow-up to that?
    31        A.  Yes.  It was held shortly after the crew meeting.
    32
    33   Q.   11 crew members attended; and you go on to say: "The
    34        following pertinent comments came out of the crew rap:
    35        1.  Pay rate was too low."  Sean Mosrek put this one
    36        forward. "2.  Part-time people had no chance of doing
    37        overtime" -- again put forward by Sean Mosrek.  He was a
    38        full-time worker, was he not?
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well, he was -----
    41        A.  Yes, from memory.
    42
    43   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  He seems to have been saying that he was
    44        getting £58 per week as a laboratory assistant, and if one
    45        looks at what he was getting paid, he was now getting
    46        something between £35 and £45 a week, i.e., double those
    47        amounts per fortnight; and he was not too chuffed about
    48        that.
    49
    50   MS. STEEL:   But he appears to be putting complaints forward on 
    51        behalf of other crew members, because it would not affect 
    52        him if part-time people had no chance of doing overtime. 
    53        Would you accept that, that the complaints he is making
    54        appear to be complaints on behalf of other crew members?
    55        A.  Sorry, would I accept that the part-time people did not
    56        have a chance to do overtime?
    57
    58   Q.   No.  Would you accept that he appears to be making
    59        complaints not just for himself, but on behalf of other
    60        crew members?

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