Day 155 - 14 Jul 95 - Page 52


     
     1        the time have been the sort of thing a lot of people talked
     2        about in ordinary conversation, whereas if you ask someone,
     3        the answer to that might be, "I do not know".  If you ask
     4        someone, "Did  you ever talk to X about trade unions at
     5        work, or unionisation at work", then they might have a
     6        better prospect of giving a "yes" or "no" answer.
     7
     8   MR. MORRIS:  The reality is, from the top to the bottom, trade
     9        unions and McDonald's are a completely taboo subject?
    10        A.  I am not aware of that.
    11
    12   Q.   The Company you work for is completely anti-union from top
    13        to bottom and everybody knows it?
    14        A.  I am not aware of that either.
    15
    16   MR. MORRIS:  Can I just ask you, Mr. Giardina, the poster that
    17        appeared on the notice board, did you connect that with the
    18        leaflets that were found?  You saw that as part of the same
    19        continuing?
    20        A.  No, because, as I mentioned earlier, it was a passing
    21        glance; I did not think nothing of it whatsoever.
    22
    23   Q.   But you know it was exactly the same leaflet, or it might
    24        have been a different leaflet?
    25        A.  From what I vaguely remember, I could be wrong, I could
    26        be right; I do not know.
    27
    28   Q.   It is all a bit vague?
    29        A.  it just did not interest me or ----
    30
    31   Q.   But you remember absolutely clearly in your statement,
    32        (point 9), it was 2 or 3 days later.
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You have made the point, Mr. Morris.  I have
    35        taken it on board.
    36
    37   MR. MORRIS:  I was just pointing out the two or three days
    38        later.  When you came to Seven Sisters, you nearly doubled
    39        the complement of staff?
    40        A.  That is correct.
    41
    42   MS. STEEL:  You said by the time Mr. Magee arrived, you
    43        basically had all your systems in place and you had now
    44        recruited a lot more staff sufficient to handle all types
    45        of volume.  Being November as well I also had to increase
    46        quite a lot of crew for the Christmas period.  How many
    47        more crew were taken on over Christmas?
    48        A.  It is very hard to tell because it depended on the
    49        actual people that I had there at the time.  For example,
    50        if I had a lot of Spanish and Italians, they would normally 
    51        go back to Spain or Italy, so I obviously would have to 
    52        recruit a little bit more.  If I did not, generally based 
    53        around Holloway etc., I did not need that much more, so
    54        I played it by ear from year to year.
    55
    56   Q.   Did the store get any busier over the Christmas period?
    57        A.  Yes.
    58
    59   Q.   So you had to have extra crew in any event?
    60        A.  Yes.

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