Day 138 - 20 Jun 95 - Page 12
1 A. As far back as I know. As I can recall, there has
2 always been harmonious relations with the union there to my
3 knowledge. I was just in Sweden about -----
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5 Q. OK. As far as you know, for as long as you can remember?
6 A. Yes.
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8 Q. Panama?
9 A. That would go back to the mid 70s.
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11 Q. Denmark?
12 A. Denmark would go back, I believe, about six or seven
13 years.
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15 Q. Germany?
16 A. Germany would go back to that labour agreement that
17 I mentioned.
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19 Q. We have some evidence about that somewhere.
20 A. I believe that is about six or seven years.
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22 Q. Argentina?
23 A. Argentina would be when we went into that country.
24 I think it is probably 12 years ago, something like that.
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26 Q. Australia, you said some market in Australia?
27 A. There is a market in Australia. That would go back
28 eight years or so.
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30 Q. Iceland?
31 A. Iceland, we opened in Iceland about two years ago, and
32 that would be the time.
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34 Q. You said some parts of France?
35 A. There are works councils in France.
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37 Q. Works councils?
38 A. Some of them have unions, some do not have unions.
39 Again I do not directly handle that.
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41 Q. Do you handle Italy or Spain?
42 A. I have been involved with Spain, yes. There are
43 agreements in Spain, there are agreements with our
44 employees, and they have existed since, I want to say 1980,
45 somewhere in that time period.
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47 Q. Mr. Stein, I think for present purposes that will do.
48 Thank you. Since we have got this out, I will finish it
49 off: "Trained to sweat", do you see that?
50 A. Yes, I do.
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52 Q. "It is obvious that all large chain stores and junk food
53 giants depend for their fat profits on the labour of young
54 people. McDonald's is no exception. Three quarters of its
55 workforce are under 21" -- do not worry about that; you
56 gave us the figures yesterday, 19 below and 20 above
57 categories. "The production line system deskills the work
58 itself. Anybody can grill a hamburger and cleaning toilets
59 or smiling at customers needs no training."
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