Day 145 - 29 Jun 95 - Page 15

     
     1        managers?
     2
     3   Q.   Yes.
     4        A.  No.
     5
     6   Q.   So, effectively, the higher your named position within the
     7        Company, the higher your pay?
     8
     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you disagree with what I have just said?
    10        If you are saying that it is not right that the higher your
    11        status, the higher your responsibility, put that,
    12        I suggest, to Mr. Stein.
    13
    14   MS. STEEL:  I do not accept that.
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, then put it to him because at the moment
    17        that is Mr. Stein's view.
    18
    19   MS. STEEL:   Yes, but I am just asking whether the higher your
    20        named position within the Company -----
    21
    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  His answer is "yes" because the higher your
    23        responsibility is, the higher your status.
    24
    25   MS. STEEL:   That is his view.  I just wanted an answer to a
    26        simple question.
    27
    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If you have some reason for challenging that,
    29        you do not have to take the opportunity, I am inviting you
    30        to take the opportunity to put it.
    31
    32   MS. STEEL:  The crew have responsibilities, do they not?  They
    33        have to make sure that they keep the place hygienic and
    34        things likes that?
    35        A.  There is no question about it; they have a very
    36        important job and are treated equitably and fairly in the
    37        light of that.
    38
    39   Q.   You would consider it too expensive to take crew on at $10
    40        an hour, would you not, is that fair to say?
         A.  If the question is -- I think I have articulated before
    42         -- that we would do our wage surveys, we would aim for the
    43        upper end of those scales, and whatever that would
    44        indicate, and based upon the experience of the individual,
    45        would be what we would pay.
    46
    47   Q.   Would the Company be interested in taking on crew at $10 an
    48        hour?
    49
    50   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I really do protest at this line.  It 
    51        really is the logic and the language Alice in Wonderland we 
    52        have had for the last 10 minutes.  Ms. Steel knows 
    53        perfectly well that this is a commercial company that pays
    54        the wages that they think will attract people of the right
    55        quality.  Of course, it could pay the workers $100 an hour
    56        if it wanted and it would go out of business.
    57
    58   MS. STEEL:  Yes.  I think it is quite a simple question and he
    59        can answer it with one word.
    60