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1 wages; they may be people who are living with someone else
2 and, therefore, quite content that their part-time wages
3 are a contribution to the family budget.
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5 The fact is, I can see that they are no doubt concerned to
6 be as well paid as they possibly can be, but it is not
7 quite the burning issue that it is if it is their sole
8 source of income. That is just obvious, is it not?
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10 So I have got your point. What I am saying is, I do not
11 think I can, because someone is handing out that page on
12 the street, accept that it is right.
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14 MR. MORRIS: Right. OK.
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: As I have said several times today already,
17 the Labour Court said it did not matter anyway because, as
18 far as it was concerned, whatever the minority was, a
19 member of the union was entitled to have its interests
20 represented with its employer.
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22 MR. MORRIS: OK. I think we will move on from that.
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24 MS. STEEL: Can I just ask something? Assistant manager, there
25 would be a floor manager below them, would there?
26 A. Yes.
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28 Q. People would not go directly from being crew members to
29 being assistant manager without becoming a floor manager in
30 the meantime?
31 A. Generally speaking, no.
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33 Q. This petition that you put behind your statement, did you
34 have any involvement with the petition?
35 A. Sorry, may I -- you are referring to this?
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
38 A. "To whom it may concern"?
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40 MS. STEEL: Yes.
41 A. No.
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43 Q. You did not have any involvement whatsoever?
44 A. No.
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46 MS. STEEL: In that case, can it actually be appendixed to
47 Mr. Mehigan's statement?
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is there, so it is difficult to -- it is
50 hardly worth taking it out of the bundle. I am not going
51 to attach any evidential weight to it.
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53 MS. STEEL: That is the main point.
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55 MR. RAMPTON: It is no more than nor no less evidence of the
56 truth of what is stated than anything that the union said
57 either. It is in precisely the same condition.
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59 MS. STEEL: When the dispute started, did you take on extra crew
60 to cover the ones that were on strike?
