Day 149 - 06 Jul 95 - Page 47
1 conditions of the workers, to the policy on hustle, and
2 they are relevant to safety and food safety. There was
3 great play made of the supposed benefits of working at
4 McDonald's, being the training and the conditions that
5 employees work under. I think it is relevant to all of
6 that area.
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8 MR. MORRIS: On the subject of the Costa Rica map, because of
9 the confusion over the Guatemala/Costa Rica thing, which
10 I introduced and Mr. Rampton took up, it may be helpful if
11 the Plaintiffs were asked just to clarify what the position
12 is on that, because they did not say incontrovertibly that
13 there was no map.
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15 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. There is no map, my Lord. I will say it
16 now.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What you were told was there was no
19 Costa Rica map. There was a map which ---
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21 MR. RAMPTON: A Guatemala map.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: -- Mr. Rampton first had in mind was
24 Costa Rica but was, in fact, Guatemala. That was the only
25 one McDonald's had. What he did not know was whether that
26 was what Dr. Gomez Gonzales had in mind. It is in the
27 bundles somewhere.
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29 MR. MORRIS: It cannot have been the one Dr. Gomez Gonzales had
30 in mind, because the one that was disclosed to us was not
31 an actual map or a copy of a map; it was something
32 obviously done in order to -- tab 72, yellow XIV is
33 something that was clearly prepared for a letter that was
34 written. It was part of a letter. It was not something
35 which was obviously: "This is a map on our wall that we
36 based our operations on", because it is clear from looking
37 at it, it is not that kind of -----
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The position seems to me at the moment that
40 McDonald's are saying they do not have any other map with
41 regard to Guatemala or Costa Rica. You heard me say this
42 morning that I was anxious to avoid, for instance,
43 Mr. Cesca coming and having that map put to him and being
44 asked: "Have you ever seen another", and saying: "Yes,
45 I think we have one somewhere or another."
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47 That is the state of play at the moment. If McDonald's are
48 saying that the only Costa Rica and/or Guatemala map they
49 have is the Guatemala map which you have in mind, they are
50 conscious of the inconvenience which would be called if
51 Mr. Cesca turned up in a few months' time and said: "Yes,
52 there was another one after all."
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54 MR. MORRIS: Just one point on that subject which is I think the
55 Plaintiffs said Mr. Monroe is coming. I do not believe we
56 have a statement from him and it would be helpful to have
57 one.
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59 MR. RAMPTON: I think you should already have one.
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