Day 184 - 06 Nov 95 - Page 41


     
     1        were reassured that those were things that were going to be
     2        negotiated over, improvements sought for the benefit of
     3        crew members, then is it true to say that you would have
     4        had no problem with the whole situation?
     5        A.  No.  I would have had a problem.  I would not have
     6        signed a card.
     7
     8   Q.   Why not?  You do not want improved benefits and wage
     9        increases and dental payments?
    10        A.  I do not want -----
    11
    12   Q.   Would you like someone to negotiate those things for crew
    13        members at McDonald's, so that they can have improved
    14        benefits?
    15        A.  I feel, for crew who, this is their first job that they
    16        have ever had, for most of them, McDonald's does a great
    17        amount of good things for them, and I was totally happy
    18        when I was just going to school, this is my first job,
    19        grade 10, 11, 12.  I mean, it was just extra pocket money
    20        to do whatever I wanted to do.  I mean, people that are 16,
    21        17, 18, do not go looking for a job just because it has
    22        benefits, or whatnot.  They are just -- I mean, when you
    23        are 15, 16, 17, you just want the money so that you can go
    24        to the movies, go out to dinner, you know, have a good
    25        time.  You are not looking for those extra benefits.  As
    26        for me, I mean ------
    27
    28   Q.   So McDonald's can take advantage of -----
    29
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No.  She must finish her answer.
    31
    32   THE WITNESS:   As for me, I did not want any of those benefits,
    33        because I was happy with that I had.  I mean -----
    34
    35   MR. MORRIS:  You just had to work at another job to raise enough
    36        money so you could go -----
    37        A.  No, that is not true.  I was trying to get more hours
    38        and I was trying to raise money for university.  But I made
    39        less working that summer than the summer before, just
    40        working at McDonald's.
    41
    42        They -- when I say "they", I am also including me, which
    43        means "we" -- we go out of our way do as much as we can for
    44        the crew and for, you know, anyone who has problems.  When
    45        I had problems, I went and talked to Patty, a Manager
    46        there.  She was like my second mom.  We are all like a big
    47        family there; if you have problems, we go and talk it out
    48        and we try and help each other out.  If you are looking for
    49        more hours, your friends -- you know, they need a shift
    50        taken, they know you are looking for hours, they say: "Hey, 
    51        do you want a shift?" I mean ----- 
    52 
    53   Q.   A majority of employees in a short space of time joined the
    54        union, having, you say, been promised improved benefits.
    55        When people work at McDonald's and get a 20 cent increase
    56        (whatever it is) from their performance review, are they
    57        pleased to have more money?
    58        A.  They feel they deserved it, they earned it; they worked
    59        the six months to get that raise.
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