Day 141 - 23 Jun 95 - Page 25
1 A. Very similar, my Lord.
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3 MS. STEEL: For a store of the same size as the one in Mexico?
4 A. Yes.
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6 Q. What do you say would be the normal complement to have on
7 their books?
8 A. Are you talking -----
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10 Q. In the USA?
11 A. Oh, I just answered that to my Lord. I would say they
12 would have about the same number of employees.
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14 Q. How many stores in the United States have that complement
15 of workers?
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17 MR. MORRIS: 125 to 150?
18 A. I cannot answer that. I do not look at those kinds of
19 numbers. I do not add that number up. There are almost
20 10,000 restaurants in the United States, McDonald's
21 restaurants, and I cannot tell you that. I just do not
22 know.
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24 MS. STEEL: Were the pay rates in Mexico at the time normal?
25 A. Yes -- whatever "normal" means.
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27 MR. MORRIS: Sorry to pop up; I was trying to do it through
28 Helen.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, put it now.
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32 MR. MORRIS: They were, what, typical American pay rates, were
33 they?
34 A. No, they were not. They fit into the marketplace in
35 Mexico City.
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37 Q. Normal for the catering industry in Mexico City?
38 A. Normal for how the owner/operator or joint venture
39 partner would go about fixing their rates. They would do
40 surveys, and then aim for the high end of the survey.
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42 Q. How many union members from CROC did you say turned up at
43 6 o'clock and surrounded the store?
44 A. There were two to 300. I did not bother to call them
45 -- count them, excuse me, but there were a lot of folks
46 there totally ringed around the parking lot and the
47 sidewalk, all the way around the building.
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49 Q. Your evidence is that the Police would not come out when
50 you called them but that the malitia did; is that correct?
51 A. That is correct.
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53 Q. And accompanied the people from the store out ---
54 A. That is correct.
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56 Q. -- and then the union took over the building?
57 A. And the grounds.
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59 Q. And the grounds for three weeks?
60 A. That is correct.
