Day 140 - 22 Jun 95 - Page 51
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2 My Lord, I can show you examples of stores, or I can tell
3 you from my experience that there are stores in the inner
4 city that I have seen paying higher in the suburbs, and
5 vice versa. It depends upon a lot of factors.
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7 MS. STEEL: Can I just ask about the leaflet we were looking at
8 a few minutes ago at tab 92?
9 A. What is the page number?
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11 Q. 1467.
12 A. OK.
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14 Q. The fifth statement: "The average suburban starting wage at
15 McDonald's does not exceed city starting wages by more than
16 22 cents per hour."
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18 Do you think that is -- I mean, is it your view that that
19 is not much different?
20 A. I do not think it is.
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22 Q. Basically, it does not really make any difference to the
23 workers?
24 A. I do not think it is significant. No, I do not.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not know if you have been asked: do you
27 remember actually seeing this before it went out?
28 A. No, I did not see it before it went out.
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30 MS. STEEL: If we go to tab 86, the letter from McDonald's, it
31 is actually from Frank Geeghan to the Reverend Lafayette
32 Gooding?
33 A. Yes, I have it.
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35 Q. October 15th, 1990. The fourth paragraph:
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37 "The campaign's current demand for all McDonald's
38 restaurants to start all employees at $5 an hour is thus
39 unfounded and violates the rights of independent business
40 people to pay fair and competitive wages."
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42 Do you agree with that statement?
43 A. Yes, I do.
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45 Q. So you think it would be unfair to pay wages of $5 an hour?
46 A. No. I think the suggestion here is that businesses
47 should be able to set their wage rates rather than be
48 dictated to as what their wage rate should be.
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50 Q. To pay fair wages you leave out the "competitive"?
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Put a whole question so I can understand what
53 you are asking there.
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55 MS. STEEL: I am trying to phrase it. Who would it be unfair to
56 to pay wages of a starting rate of $5 or more an hour?
57 A. What is being suggested here is that these
58 owner/operators in Philadelphia, the black owner/operators,
59 should be allowed to set their wages as any other business
60 people are allowed to set their wages. That is what is
