Day 120 - 03 May 95 - Page 04
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2 MR. MORRIS: If somebody amongst the crew was a member of a
3 union, or wished to be a member of a union, they would not
4 be allowed to collect subscriptions, would they, from other
5 people in the store?
6 A. No, no.
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8 Q. They would not be allowed to put any notices on the notice
9 boards?
10 A. No.
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12 Q. They would not be allowed to inform the union about
13 conditions inside the stores?
14 A. I do not know how we could stop that. If we found out
15 about it, yes.
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17 Q. If you found out about it, sorry. Informing outside
18 organisations about instore conditions is in the Gross
19 Misconduct ---
20 A. That is right.
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22 Q. -- summary sackable offence?
23 A. Yes, it is.
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25 Q. Are crew members at McDonald's allowed to organise a
26 meeting, union meeting ---
27 A. No.
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29 Q. -- on store premises?
30 A. No.
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32 Q. Would they be allowed to organise a meeting for staff to
33 discuss conditions at the store without management being
34 present?
35 A. On the premises?
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37 Q. Yes.
38 A. No.
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40 Q. So, what union type activity could anyone do in a
41 McDonald's store openly that you can think of?
42 A. Well, having just admitted that I do not know a great
43 deal about union activity, I find that rather a difficult
44 question to answer, unless you could be more specific.
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46 Q. I cannot think of any. So, I was asking you if you could
47 think of anything an active union member -----
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You are someone who, I surmise, knows
50 something about union activities.
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52 MR. MORRIS: I was Branch Secretary.
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, you obviously know something about union
55 activities; you cannot think of one and yet you are asking
56 a witness who knows nothing about union activities whether
57 he can think of one.
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59 MS. STEEL: The reason for that, though, is because
60 Mr. Nicholson and the Company say that they are not
