Day 184 - 06 Nov 95 - Page 61


     
     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think it is a response to Miss Inglis's
     2        statement, is it not?
     3
     4   MR. MORRIS:  The only thing she says was work hours were cut.
     5        (To the witness):  You do not know why "unilaterally" was
     6        put there or -----
     7
     8   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I must say, I had read it as if they were cut
     9        by McDonald's which is unilaterally.  If that is not what
    10        she meant, I cannot see any point in putting it in her
    11        statement.
    12
    13   MR. MORRIS:  Can you say why you wrote in your statement that
    14        the work hours were not cut unilaterally, or is it not a
    15        word that you would normally use?
    16        A.  It is not a word I normally use, but from what Sarah
    17        was saying, like, from Sarah's statement, what I got was
    18        that hours were cut when Cam came in -- period -- not that
    19        hours, like, there was a purpose to the reason why the
    20        hours were cut.
    21
    22   Q.   So they were cut but there were reasons for it?
    23        A.  Right, and I mean I got about this, like, when I first
    24        started there, because -- I guess because I was new I did
    25        not get very many hours at McDonald's with Mr. Tingley
    26        there, but as I became more experienced and I had learned
    27        more stations I got more hours, so I mean work hours were
    28        cut, period.
    29
    30   Q.   They just applied to everybody?
    31        A.  I am not -- well, to the night staff.  I mean, from
    32        what I know of, the night staff hours get cut from summer
    33        to winter, you know.  They get cut in from seasons or they
    34        get added with the seasons.  It is just depends on what
    35        time of the year it is and how busy it is.  There is a
    36        purpose to it.  I mean, we do not just -- McDonald's does
    37        not just stick anybody in for any shift and then take them
    38        out for -- they base it on how many people, like, if it is
    39        going to be a busy day or not and that is how they schedule
    40        their people.
    41
    42   Q.   In 41 you said:  "Rates were not depressed artificially".
    43        Were rates depressed then in some other way?
    44        A.  Not that I know of, they -----
    45
    46   Q.   Did some people get lower rates as a result of the change
    47        over of -----
    48        A.  No, not that I know of.  As far as I know, nobody got a
    49        pay cut and the day staff were still receiving the hours
    50        that they were getting under Mr. Tingley, but I mean this 
    51        is just -- I mean, I was working at night and I was in 
    52        school during the day, so I never saw the day ladies.  You 
    53        know, I cannot compare with the day ladies' work and how
    54        many hours they got when Mr. Tingley was there and when Cam
    55        was there, because I never, I was never working with them.
    56        I did not know how many hours they were getting. I could
    57        tell you now because I do work with them, but I cannot tell
    58        you about before because I never did work with them.  As
    59        far as I know, no pay cuts were made, period.
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