Day 187 - 13 Nov 95 - Page 18
1 MR. RAMPTON: This is 1992, when it was considerably more -- a
2 bit more, anyway.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It could not have been less than £6,000,
5 could it, Mr. Rampton?
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7 MR. RAMPTON: No.
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It could not have been as much as £10,000,
10 even then.
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12 MR. RAMPTON: It was not.
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14 MR. MORRIS: Something around £6,000.
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It would be £6,000 or more.
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18 MR. MORRIS: Yes. "I told him that I was not interested and that
19 I only wished to continue working at McDonald's and stay as
20 a union rep to help resolve the serious problems confronted
21 by the employees. Upon hearing my refusal, he told me to
22 take three days to think about it and that if I still
23 persisted with my activities all hopes of promotion for me
24 would be gone and, in effect, there would be confrontation
25 between us." This "between us" is in inverted commas.
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27 THE INTERPRETER: Excuse me. "There will be confrontation
28 between us", in inverted commas.
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30 Q. So the "confrontation between us" is in inverted commas?
31 A. "There will be...."
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is direct speech.
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35 MR. MORRIS: Direct quotes.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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39 MR. MORRIS: Thank you. "Following this, my working conditions
40 changed fundamentally. My keys to the cash till and stock
41 rooms were confiscated, and I was asked to carry out tasks
42 incompatible with the job of Zone Manager. These tasks
43 were carried out under difficult, stressful and degrading
44 conditions. I was assigned to the late shifts (closing
45 every evening at 2.30 a.m.). I became isolated in my work
46 and was under constant supervision by the management.
47 I was continually reprimanded. The management refused to
48 provide me with new work uniforms and, as the one I had was
49 too small, I was in pain. My wages were regularly late and
50 they refused me benefits allowed to other staff (such as
51 the 50 per cent discount on meals)."
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53 Can you explain, what 50 per cent discount on meals; is
54 that on McDonald's meals?
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56 MR. RAMPTON: Once again, my Lord, I rise -- and this helps
57 Mr. Morris, so he can be grateful to me -- to point out
58 that the French actually says "reduction of 50 per cent on
59 meals in all McDonald's restaurants", and that is missing
60 from the English.
