Day 184 - 06 Nov 95 - Page 21
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2 Q. He cut down the number of hours on the average shift, did
3 he not?
4 A. He never cut down mine. I do not know about other
5 people's but he never cut down my hours.
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7 Q. Can you remember what your average shift length was when
8 you worked before you became Swing Manager? Did you always
9 work the same kind of chunk as a shift? Did it tend to be
10 three and a half hours, four and a half hours or six and a
11 half hours?
12 A. It always varied, your schedule always varied. Mostly,
13 I got usually three and a half and four and a half. Those
14 were the major shifts of mine.
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16 Q. But there were some six hour shifts?
17 A. Six and a half hour shifts, yes. Yes, there were some.
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19 Q. Apart from Northern Reflections, have you ever done any
20 other substantial jobs?
21 A. I had a catering job but that was only for the first
22 six months I worked at McDonald's, but I only did the
23 catering once every two months. I only did it three times,
24 so no.
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26 Q. It was not a particularly substantial job?
27 A. No.
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29 Q. Have you ever been active in a trade union apart from this
30 disputed matter here? Have you ever been active in a trade
31 union elsewhere, at any other place where you have worked?
32 A. With a union?
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34 Q. Yes.
35 A. No, nothing, no.
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37 Q. Apart from this issue that we are talking about of the
38 unionisation of McDonald's, you do not have any experiences
39 with unions at all?
40 A. Not really.
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42 Q. Is everything that you have learned about unions basically
43 to do with that one experience, this one experience?
44 A. Yes.
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46 Q. Right.
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: When Mr. Morris referred to trade unions, you
49 queried it saying "union"; do you use the phrase "trade
50 union" at all in Canada or do you just refer to unions?
51 A. As far as I know, from what my experiences are, I just
52 refer to them as unions.
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54 Q. Yes. It is the same thing?
55 A. OK. Thank you.
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57 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, can I just sit down for a moment?
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59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Shall we have the break there? Is five
60 minutes enough or do you want more?
