Day 182 - 02 Nov 95 - Page 34
1 employers are in the 37.5 column?
2 A. Yes.
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4 Q. What I do not understand at the moment is what that has to
5 do with shift work. Is there anything about shift work on
6 the tariff, on the schedule there?
7 A. Yes. If you work shift work, then you are supposed to,
8 because that is not good for you, then you are supposed to
9 work less hours for the same pay, which means that,
10 consequently, you have to earn more per hour.
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12 Q. Is that in some other document, or can I see that on here?
13 A. I could show you, but it does not say here. That is
14 just -----
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16 Q. Very well. I have been trying to get it off that sheet.
17 Just pause a moment.
18 A. Sorry.
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20 MR. MORRIS: If I can ask a question? These are minimum rates,
21 are they?
22 A. Yes, those are the minimum rates; and the point is that
23 both of these rates, anyway, are above what McDonald's were
24 paying at the time when the agreement was reached; so
25 everyone was going up, were given extra pay.
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27 Q. After the agreement was signed?
28 A. Yes.
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30 Q. So it is a bit of an academic exercise, really?
31 A. Yes. I am sorry about that.
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33 Q. No, that is OK. It is my fault.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Hold on a moment. It is not academic in
36 that, rightly or wrongly, you are making the point that
37 after the collective agreement, you say, McDonald's workers
38 should come in the right-hand column rather than the
39 left-hand one?
40 A. Well, that matter -----
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42 Q. They should come in the left-hand column rather than the
43 right hand one?
44 A. That is my personal opinion, but it has not been
45 decided yet.
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will see where we go from there, if
48 anywhere.
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50 MR. MORRIS: When you say it has not been decided, is it still
51 the subject of dispute?
52 A. That is the dispute, that is right.
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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56 MR. MORRIS: So, following the signing of the agreement, all the
57 crew members at McDonald's got a wage increase, did they,
58 as from that day or from that week?
59 A. Yes. I believe 90 per cent. Me, myself, I had two
60 kroner extra, but I was given four years of -- sine
