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                                                                  DAY 212
 
                                                  PAUL LEMAIRE, Examined:
 
 
 
     1   Q.   Did you hear Miss Moffatt's evidence about the notice
     2        boards in the crew room?
     3        A.  Yes, I did.
     4
     5   Q.   Is she correct that there were two?
     6        A.  Yes, there are.
     7
     8   Q.   Was the one for crew members' use the one facing you as you
     9        came in the door, which is what she told us?
    10        A.  Yes, it was.
    11
    12   Q.   Will you look at paragraph 10?  I remind you that Mr. Beech
    13        says that there was a large poster with red writing on it,
    14        and it was there for about a week, containing some
    15        anti-union message, I think.  You say:  "I have never heard
    16        any mention of unions during my time at the store nor a
    17        poster of the type described by Beech"?
    18        A.  That is correct.
    19
    20   Q.   That is in all the time you have been at McDonald's?
    21        A.  All the time.
    22
    23   Q.   You were orientated as a crew member or, I ought to ask
    24        you, when you started did you have an orientation?
    25        A.  Yes, I did.
    26
    27   Q.   Did you go through one of those checklists that we have
    28        been looking at?
    29        A.  I went through the check list and the videos that went
    30        with it as well.
    31
    32   Q.   Did you have the crew book shown to you?
    33        A.  I was given a Crew Handbook and was told to read it.
    34
    35   Q.   Was it explained to you, any part of it?
    36        A.  It was explained to me, like, bits -- check list that
    37        they had, like, different sections about breaks etcetera
    38        and I started to read the rest.
    39
    40   Q.   Since you have been working at McDonald's, which is a long
    41        time now, as an hourly paid -- you are not any more -- but
    42        when you were an hourly paid worker were you conscious of
    43        your holiday entitlement?
    44        A.  Yes, I was.
    45
    46   Q.   Did you know the exact percentage that was added on to your
    47        pay?
    48        A.  I did not know the exact percentage.  I knew it just
    49        went up every payslip, depending how many hours you worked;
    50        the percentage I was not sure of. 
    51 
    52   Q.   Did you also know what breaks you were entitled to if you 
    53        wanted them?
    54        A.  Yes, I did, because it was in the Crew Handbook which
    55        I read.
    56
    57   Q.   Have you got the Heathrow file there?
    58        A.  Heathrow documents.
    59
    60   Q.   Yes, the Heathrow documents, that is right.  Can you look
 
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