Day 247 - 10 May 96 - Page 30
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2 Q. In the British company?
3 A. I would be surprised if it was not monitored. Whether
4 it was every restaurant every month or every year, I do not
5 know, but it is a figure that we pay attention to.
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7 Q. Right. I have got a quote from an interview that you made
8 with The Financial Times which I believe we put in our
9 pleadings somewhere. I am not sure if we asked you the
10 first time you were here but do you remember saying in
11 about September 1987 -- it is in our pleadings actually.
12 In fact, why do we not look at the pleadings. I have got
13 it as page 12 of the pleadings in that section. Do you
14 remember that extra section you had? It is the employment
15 abstract.
16 A. This piece?
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18 Q. Yes, that is it. Thank you. I have got page 12, middle
19 (c) in the middle page. It is possible of course it is on
20 a different page. It might have moved?
21 A. No, there is nothing there.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is page 20 at the bottom of the page, item
24 36.
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26 MR. MORRIS: I do not know if it is.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think that may be what you are referring
29 to.
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31 MR. MORRIS: Is it in or about September 1987.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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35 MR. MORRIS: All right, page 20 then. Can you see a paragraph
36 there which says:
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38 "In or about September 1987, Mr. Paul Preston, UK President
39 of the Plaintiffs, stated to a journalist from The
40 Financial Times that 'unions were just not necessary' at
41 McDonald's. He also stated that the unions had a different
42 way of thinking and if that started to spread within
43 McDonald's it would be seen in McDonald's results and
44 sales."
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46 Do you recall saying that to The Financial Times?
47 A. I remember saying what is in the quotes and I believe
48 it today. As to a different way of thinking and started to
49 spread within McDonald's, they are not in quotes. I may
50 have said that, I guess. I may have said other things
51 surrounding those statements hence they are not in quotes.
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53 Q. Right.
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55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The important thing is, at the end of the day
56 if there is any doubt, you adhere to the parts which is in
57 quotes today. Would you adhere to the rest of it from "he
58 also stated"?
59 A. In terms of a different way of thinking, I think at the
60 time I was talking then, and probably now as well, the
