Day 182 - 02 Nov 95 - Page 31
1 document number 4 -- it said, if you remember in point 2 on
2 that document 4, it said there would be a 40 per cent extra
3 for night closers on the basic rate of 66.90 kroner. Was
4 that a general basic rate around that time, which would be
5 the end of 1993?
6 A. That was the crew basic rate.
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8 Q. 66.90 kroner?
9 A. Yes.
10
11 Q. You remember that from your own experience; is that
12 correct?
13 A. Yes. I was a Floor Manager, so I had two kroner extra
14 on top of that.
15
16 Q. Right. So you had 68.90 kroner?
17 A. Yes.
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19 Q. Now, the last document, which was document E in your
20 appendices today, is a tariff regulations chart. Do you
21 have a copy of that?
22 A. No.
23
24 Q. Maybe it could be handed to the witness? (Handed) Would
25 that tariff be a tariff that applied at the time that the
26 crew people at McDonald's were earning 66.90?
27 A. Yes. That was the tariff that was put into effect when
28 the collective agreement was reached.
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30 Q. Right. Where does it say on that particular tariff what
31 would apply to McDonald's?
32 A. It says under "hotel and restaurant work".
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34 Q. The bottom section of the first page?
35 A. Yes, that is the bottom section here.
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37 Q. Whereabouts on that section is the relevant tariff?
38 A. It says beginner pay is 10,932.74 kroner a month, which
39 translates to 70.99 an hour, while you would be working
40 35.5 hour weeks; or 67.49 if you were working 37.5 hour
41 weeks. The problem here is that McDonald's has never
42 recognised that McDonald's is a shift work environment, and
43 so -----
44
45 Q. Shift work?
46 A. Yes, so -----
47
48 Q. So this applied to shift workers?
49 A. Yes, this 70.99. So, consequently, they will not pay
50 anyone, except those who work on Saturday night or Sunday
51 (which they have to), they will not pay anyone else by
52 these higher standards.
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54 Q. Right. So they are paying under the official tariff for
55 shift workers?
56 A. Well, they believe McDonald's is not a shift work
57 environment.
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59 MR. RAMPTON: Can Mr. Morris please explain what he means by
60 "official tariff". We know it is a favourite word of
