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                                             KEVIN HARRISON, Re-examined:
 
 
 
     1        A.  I am not sure how practical that would have been
     2        because, as I recall it, it was a case of the vast majority
     3        of crew being present on a Saturday anyway; everyone that
     4        was available to work was working.
     5
     6   Q.   What about if the Company had taken on more staff?
     7        A.  That may have been a way around it.  If they could have
     8        done that to stagger the breaks, it would have been more
     9        fair.
    10
    11   Q.   You were asked about other places that you have worked.
    12        How did your experiences and pay compare between McDonald's
    13        and the Co-op?
    14        A.  I have never really worked in an environment where so
    15        much has been expected from people and so much pressure has
    16        been put on people to achieve the so-called results.  From
    17        a personal point of view, looking back on it, I cannot
    18        believe that what I witnessed actually happened.
    19        I sincerely hope it still does not.
    20
    21   Q.   The pay rates, how did they compare between the Co-op and
    22        McDonald's?
    23        A.  The Co-op was better paid, because overtime was paid.
    24
    25   Q.   Incidentally, was there a union at the Co-op?
    26        A.  Yes.
    27
    28   MS. STEEL:  Is there anything else that you felt had not been
    29        dealt with?
    30
    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No.  You have asked him the matters which he
    32        has raised in the statement.  I do not think you need to
    33        ask that question.  As you know, I am a bit wary about just
    34        having open country on anything else that you want to put
    35        in at this stage after 18 months of the trial.
    36
    37   MS. STEEL:  I meant it in response to anything Mr. Rampton had
    38        asked; that was all.
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I suggest you leave it there.
    41
    42   MS. STEEL:   OK.  No further questions.
    43
    44   MR. MORRIS:  No further questions.
    45
    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you, Mr. Harrison.
    47
    48                        (The witness withdrew)
    49
    50   MS. STEEL:  Just before we go off the subject of Mr. Harrison, 
    51        I just want to raise about the service of documents last 
    52        night.  The letter that we got from the Plaintiffs said 
    53        that the reason for this was that it was a new allegation.
    54        I have brought this up before.  We are extremely unhappy at
    55        what is going on, particularly in relation to the
    56        Colchester store, where the Plaintiffs have continuously
    57        said that they have got no documents in their possession
    58        that are relevant to any of the issues; they have all been
    59        destroyed, or whatever; and then, just at the last minute,
    60        new documents are disclosed.  In this case, the Plaintiffs
 
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