Day 192 - 27 Nov 95 - Page 41


     
     1        separate the two, we used to call the younger crew
     2        part-time.  So, I mean, usually 18 and unders would take up
     3        the extra shifts.
     4
     5        Scheduling flexibility allows you to book off dates you
     6        need off, as well, switching shifts when you need to.  You
     7        are allowed to take days off, that was not a problem, but
     8        if you had to switch a shift, it was very difficult to do
     9        because the management did not like you doing that a lot of
    10        the time.
    11
    12   Q.   But what they are saying here is that this would be an
    13        advantage without a union.  Whether the union opposed to
    14        people booking their days off in advance?
    15        A.  No, but they are promising that you can switch a shift
    16        just like that.  But you cannot, you know.  They get very
    17        strict about shift switching.
    18
    19   Q.   So, it is a false promise, and not true about the union's
    20        position as well?
    21        A.  That is true.
    22
    23   Q.   Right.  Anything else?
    24        A.  I do not agree with them saying that it was equal
    25        treatment for all, because it was not.  Some people were
    26        treated poorly and others were treated like God.
    27
    28   Q.   Was the union opposed to equal treatment for all?
    29        A.  No, they were not, but without a union in that store it
    30        was not equal treatment for all.
    31
    32   Q.   Do you think this leaflet accurately describes what the
    33        union stood for?
    34        A.  No.
    35
    36   Q.   Do you think this leaflet accurately describes what the
    37        management stood for, and was -----
    38        A.  Yes.
    39
    40   Q.   Management?  No, I mean -----
    41        A.  What they wanted to do, yes.  Is that what you are
    42        asking me?
    43
    44   Q.   But in terms of the characterising conditions in the store,
    45        under that section "your advantages without a union", does
    46        that accurately summarise what the reality is; do these
    47        things all take place?
    48        A.  No.
    49
    50   Q.   No.  We can leave that leaflet there and look at the third 
    51        document, document number 3.  Can you explain this? 
    52        A.  I do not have it. 
    53
    54   Q.   Sorry.  (Handed)  Can you explain what this leaflet is, or
    55        this document?
    56        A.  This is a leaflet that was put out by the union to help
    57        to explain to the employees the facts of unions and their
    58        role and what -- you know.
    59
    60   Q.   Is this around the same time as the other two documents?

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