Day 184 - 06 Nov 95 - Page 32
1 going to happen.
2
3 Q. These things -- we have talked about wages. What about
4 something like dental treatment; do some workplaces in
5 Canada pay for people's dental treatment?
6 A. Yes.
7
8 Q. Yes. But McDonald's does not?
9 A. It depends on the person. I mean -----
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11 Q. Some have agreements with their employers that they pay
12 their dental treatment?
13 A. They have a -- well, from what I understand, because
14 Travis is an Assistant Manager and this is what he is told
15 me; he has a plan, like, I do not know, some kind of health
16 plan with McDonald's where he only pays like $10 or $11 a
17 month, and McDonald's covers everything, all medical costs,
18 all dental, all eye cost, stuff like that.
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20 Q. That is something the union wanted to see for all staff?
21 A. From what I understood, the union wanted to make all
22 the day staff, full-time staff, and since they had become
23 full-time staff they would definitely get, you know, the
24 pension and the dental treatment and everything like that.
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26 Q. Which is what managers get, is it?
27 A. It is an option for the Managers, from what
28 I understand.
29
30 Q. They wanted to see it as a right for all crew members; that
31 is what the union wanted?
32 A. It would be a definite guarantee that they would get
33 all of this, yes.
34
35 Q. As a right. A wage increase, you would not have any
36 problems with that, would you?
37 A. I myself, I did not care. I mean, a wage increase of
38 course was a positive thing, but I did not care, because
39 I felt I was getting enough as, you know -- I mean, all
40 these things were bonuses. But I did not sign the card
41 because of these bonuses.
42
43 Q. The job security, what was that about?
44 A. Sarah said that, you know, if something would happen --
45 like, when she first started out she said if we signed a
46 card we would have job security for sure for sure, but she
47 said if Cam found out there was a unionisation attempt and
48 we got fired, that the union would fight for our jobs back
49 because we had signed a card, but because we had not signed
50 a card and if we did not sign a card and Cam find out about
51 the unionisation attempt, then Cam would fire us, and then
52 the union would not be able to fight for our jobs back.
53
54 Q. So job security means that the union would protect people's
55 right to keep their jobs?
56 A. I am sorry. Say that again.
57
58 Q. Is that what job security?
59 A. If we had signed a card and Cam fired us, that is
60 what -----
