Day 182 - 02 Nov 95 - Page 44


     
     1        public documents, are they not?
     2        A.  They might be.  I am not sure about that.  I cannot
     3        answer that.
     4
     5   Q.   You tell us, I think, that a consequence of the union
     6        agreement is that there are now -- would you call them
     7        safety representatives or safety committees, in the
     8        unionised restaurants; which is it?
     9        A.  Not as a consequence.  They are not there as a
    10        consequence.  They could have been there before.  I am
    11        aware of them before, but they were never working before.
    12        So the agreement and the fact that there are union
    13        representatives has made this part of the system work, also
    14        at McDonald's.
    15
    16   Q.   Again, so that I am clear, when you say that, you are
    17        speaking of your experience in this one restaurant?
    18        A.  Exactly.
    19
    20   Q.   The union, you tell us, or you on behalf of the union --
    21        let us confine it to your experience -- you, on behalf of
    22        the union, are now able to have a part in the scheduling of
    23        the hours which the employees work; is that right?
    24        A.  Yes.
    25
    26   Q.   Am I right, that for most people at least the union's
    27        requirement is that the schedule should be made four weeks
    28        in advance?
    29        A.  As a general rule, yes.
    30
    31   Q.   Do you agree or do you not agree that while that may
    32        benefit some people, it is a disadvantage for those people
    33        who like flexible hours?
    34        A.  Yes, I agree with that; and that is exactly why the
    35        four week schedules were only applied to workers who were
    36        working full-time and not to part-time workers, those who
    37        went to school or only worked once or twice a week.
    38
    39   Q.   The repair of the ventilation system in your restaurant was
    40        a matter of routine maintenance, was it not?
    41        A.  What do you mean "routine maintenance"?
    42
    43   Q.   Sorry, perhaps that was too telescoped a question.
    44        McDonald's has always had in Norway, in your restaurant, a
    45        routine maintenance programme, has it not?
    46        A.  I am not part of the maintenance team.  I do not know
    47        what kind of procedures they have for that.
    48
    49   Q.   You must be conscious that from time to time pieces of
    50        machinery have broken down? 
    51        A.  Absolutely. 
    52 
    53   Q.   And long before this union agreement, they would be mended,
    54        would they not?
    55        A.  They would be.
    56
    57   Q.   And it was management who would arrange for that?
    58        A.  Yes.
    59
    60   Q.   No doubt sometimes management, in your opinion, were a bit

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