Day 209 - 25 Jan 96 - Page 41
1 Q. "Paul Scott Shepherd, very many shifts in a row in
2 1993ish. John Gore mistreated by scheduling. PR
3 problems".
4 A. Yes.
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6 Q. "Mike Stokes treated badly by scheduling in 1993, 1994ish,
7 PR problems. Graham Picking, at one time deliberately
8 scheduled 1991ish short and few shifts".
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10 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Wait a minute.
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12 MR. MORRIS: It is on mine for some reason.
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is not on mine, so I suggest you read it
15 as it is and then ask about a date. "Graham picking at one
16 time deliberately scheduled short plus few shifts".
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18 MR. MORRIS: Do have any recollection about the time?
19 A. Yes, it would be -- I must have said to you afterwards,
20 I suppose, it must have been around 1991. I specifically
21 remember him getting two four hours shifts in a week when
22 he was meant to be full-time.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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26 MR. MORRIS: "Jane Jennard/Girdlestone 1994 unsocial shifts".
27 A. Yes, she complained to me of unsocial shifts.
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29 Q. Sorry, she complained to you? Why did she complain to you?
30 A. Just in the crew room, I used to, you know, before
31 I used to do a lot of closes and I used to come in and you
32 would go upstairs and Jane would be there, you know,
33 getting ready for a close or finishing shift or break or
34 something.
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36 Q. I mean, were you in that time doing any scheduling or
37 anything like that?
38 A. Yes, when I did the scheduling she did not want, you
39 know, she did not want many closes but she still got them,
40 but it was not just -- during, when I did the schedule she
41 did say she wanted less shift, but it was just generally
42 talking to her. She was always complaining about having to
43 do nights, you know, having to do a lot of nights or
44 whatever; she never got weekends off. She always liked to
45 get weekends off and she never got weekends off -- stuff
46 like that.
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48 Q. "Andy Shakespeare", carrying on reading, "unsocial hours in
49 1993ish".
50 A. Yes.
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52 Q. "Danny Olive" -----
53 A. That was not with the schedule. Andy Shakespeare, he
54 just, you know, used to talk to me about it, talk to a lot
55 of people about it. He complained a lot about getting
56 closes.
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58 Q. Right. "Danny Olive, Floor Manager, resigned recently.
59 Wrote detailed letter of complaints (numbered one to 10) to
60 McDonald's about store practices, scheduling, et cetera,
