Day 142 - 26 Jun 95 - Page 51
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2 Q. Was that the only work that you did for McDonald's?
3 A. No. The only thing for the operators in Columbus.
4 I also ----
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6 Q. Sorry, that was specifically for owner/operators?
7 A. That is correct. They had retained me. In addition,
8 I did some work for the Corporation. They had various
9 meetings that I attended and provided legal advice at those
10 meetings. That was on behalf of the Corporation.
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12 Q. Was that in Ohio?
13 A. There were meetings in Chicago. I remember a West
14 Coast meeting at Santa Barbra, California. Oh,
15 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that was an interesting
16 situation. There may have been one or two other locations
17 around the country.
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19 Q. Were these concerning Labour Relations disputes with
20 employees or with unions?
21 A. The only dispute -- all of these were giving advice and
22 counsel, not as part of any specific labour dispute. The
23 Philadelphian matter, there was a labour dispute under way
24 in Philadelphia.
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26 Q. That was with unions attempting to organise, was it?
27 A. There was an organising attempt by the Hotel and
28 Restaurant Workers Union in Philadelphia.
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30 Q. Was that attempt successful?
31 A. From the union's standpoint?
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33 Q. Yes.
34 A. No.
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36 Q. So you were called into try to prevent the union getting a
37 foothold?
38 A. I was called in for a very specific purpose, to hold a
39 meeting with the Mayor of Philadelphia whose name at that
40 time was Rizzo.
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42 Q. Sorry, what was this to do with the Mayor?
43 A. He had contacted McDonald's and told McDonald's that he
44 wanted to speak with someone from McDonald's concerning the
45 union's attempt to organise a facility at the children's
46 institute (that was a quasi public facility), and he wished
47 to speak with someone from McDonald's concerning that.
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49 Q. So you were representing McDonald's, were you?
50 A. That is correct.
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52 Q. I am not quite sure I understand your answer.
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Was that because the Mayor thought that the
55 city might have something to learn from McDonald's in a
56 situation where a union was seeking a facility in one of
57 its undertakings?
58 A. Yes. If I can help to move this along, my Lord, the
59 Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union was attempting to
60 solicit our employees, McDonald's employees, for
