Day 139 - 21 Jun 95 - Page 22

     
     1   Q.   The criticisms about charitable work, for example, that
     2        would be around you using that as a PR move; would that be
     3        fair to say?
     4        A.  Some of it was they thought we should do more; some of
     5        it was they did not like that we were doing.  I mean, they
     6        ran the gamut of what they did not like.
     7
     8   Q.   Is it fair to say that that was around the time of the
     9        union elections, around the McHappy Day, for example?
    10        A.  I do not understand your question.
    11
    12   Q.   The criticisms about the charitable work that they made?
    13        A.  As soon as they came into the open, came out into the
    14        open, that began the series of criticisms that we have
    15        talked about, and they continued throughout the period.
    16
    17   Q.   Your interest -- you are not concerned with charitable work
    18        with the Company, are you; that is not your department?
    19        A.  I participate in charitable things, but I am not
    20        responsible.
    21
    22   Q.   It is not your department?
    23        A.  That is correct.
    24
    25   Q.   So your interest was the dispute around the labour, the
    26        unions?
    27        A.  That is correct.  The Human Resources part would be
    28        what I would focus on.
    29
    30   Q.   So you saw what was going on as a problem which you needed
    31        to get involved with to help sort out?
    32        A.  That is correct.
    33
    34   MR. MORRIS:  Just a last question on this matter:  in your
    35        statement, you talked about the union filing numerous
    36        charges for unfair labour practices?
    37        A.  That is correct.
    38
    39   Q.   You said: "Some of these charges were resolved informally
    40        when Ralph Kelly agreed to post notices in the restaurants
         governing the correct procedure of the election."
    42        A.  Correct.
    43
    44   Q.   What were the other charges that were resolved informally,
    45        apart from that one?
    46        A.  Help me understand the question?
    47
    48   Q.   You said "some of the charges"?
    49        A.  Yes.  Others were just outright dismissed.  The
    50        NLRB ----- 
    51 
    52   Q.   No.  Which were the other charges that were resolved 
    53        informally, that you claimed were resolved informally?
    54        A.  Say that again.
    55
    56   Q.   "During the election procedure, the union mounted a large
    57        publicity campaign and also filed numerous charges for
    58        unfair labour practices.  Some of these charges were
    59        resolved informally when Ralph Kelly agreed to post notices
    60        in the restaurants governing the correct procedure for the