Day 187 - 13 Nov 95 - Page 33
1 "...took place in June 1994. Faced with manoeuvering by
2 the management to dissuade the workers from voting for the
3 CFDT list of which I was a candidate, the state prosecutor
4 ordered a letters rogatory (sic) so that an enquiry would
5 be set up to investigate anti-union practices. During an
6 interview with the new Manager Mr....."
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do not bother with the name -- Chikh.
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10 MR. MORRIS: "....Chikh, I fully realised to what extent
11 McDonald's management did not want CFDT unionists elected
12 to the works council. I informed 'inspectors' of this by
13 letter (see copy enclosed)."
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15 This letter is B54 to 55. Actually, I put the legal
16 judgments at the end; so it would be before the legal
17 judgments, in fact. It is actually in the middle of the
18 bundle, B54 and 55. I will not read it out.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: "I have been systematically..."
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22 MR. MORRIS: "I have been systematically discouraged, isolated
23 from other workers and prevented from taking any
24 responsibilities.
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26 "This clearly shows that it is inadvisable to be unionised
27 at McDonald's.
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29 "All these discriminatory practices aim to discourage
30 workers witnessing these events from joining a union.
31 I hope that my statement will draw the attention of those
32 reading it to the fact that some employers practise some
33 anti-union policies and that in these conditions it is very
34 difficult for someone to assert their rights."
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36 That was received from Chantal Villeneuve-Gallez, and that
37 is a translation by Suna Scutcher, who is the translator
38 today.
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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42 MR. MORRIS: Her second letter was received yesterday, but is
43 dated 6th November 1995; and the translation of that -----
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is behind your new bundle,
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47 MR. MORRIS: It is her identity file.
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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51 MR. MORRIS: This is the official supplementary statement of
52 Chantal Villeneuve-Gallez, 6th November 1995, translation
53 by Suna Scutcher.
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55 "Since the arrival of the CFDT union in the Social and
56 Economic Unit legally recognised, important changes
57 occurred in the different restaurants in Lyon part of the
58 SEU." Sorry, that says Social and Economic Unit.
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60 "1. A/the works council was created and elections for
