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1 me home, or -----
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3 Q. If you go to paragraph 60, it says: "It is true that Cam
4 talked to us about the benefits of the terms and conditions
5 he was offering in the restaurants." What kind of things
6 was he offering?
7 A. It is just the benefits that we have now; like, it is
8 not like he was offering more or less; it is just the
9 benefits that we have with McDonald's, like our gold card
10 and the free uniforms, the paid breaks, vacation pay. He
11 just told us about that.
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13 Q. You said in your last sentence, I think it was -- I cannot
14 remember if it was ruled out or not, but anyway -- "I am
15 not aware of any crew member in the store who felt that
16 management behaved in a hostile manner because they had
17 signed union cards."
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19 You were aware that there were a number of allegations,
20 were you not, at the Labour Board hearing, made by the
21 union, because staff had complained about union activity
22 and union activists?
23 A. I am sorry. Can you just like rephrase that?
24 What -----
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26 Q. Are you aware that there were a number of allegations put
27 by the union's side at the Labour Board hearings against
28 the management, how the management was harassing and
29 undermining the union drive?
30 A. I do not -- I am not sure what you mean, but I do not
31 think so. I do not know of anything. Like, I know there
32 was something about tenure and you know, but I do not know
33 if they made an allegation or whatnot. I do not know.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How much did you attend the hearings, if at
36 all, apart from when you were giving evidence?
37 A. We were not allowed to. We were not allowed to attend
38 the meetings if we were not giving evidence, and we were
39 not allowed to talk to anyone even after we had finished
40 giving evidence. We were not allowed to talk to anyone
41 before or after, except for the lawyers, until the whole
42 thing was over, so we did not talk to our friends; and
43 I did not attend any of the meetings other than the three
44 or four that I went to.
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46 MR. MORRIS: Are you aware that some employees were talking
47 about they had been threatened with the loss of their jobs
48 or reduction in their pay; that the union supporters' hours
49 of work were being reduced; that some had been required or
50 pressured to attend workplace meetings where management
51 expressed its opposition to unionisation; employees were
52 pressured to participate in discussions where management or
53 those close to management warned employees about the
54 penalties they would suffer if the union comes in; and
55 making false and misleading statements about the union --
56 those kind of things? Are you aware that they were
57 allegations being made by union supporters?
58 A. I was not aware of that, and I do not think any of that
59 happened. But, I mean -----
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