name:

T. W. Pattinson

section:

Employment

for:	The Defence

experience:

Industrial Editor

summary:

The witness provides confirmation of an article written concerning McDonalds stance on union participation and involvement in wage negotiations and conditions of employment.

cv:

Was industrial editor for the Daily Mirror national during the mid-80's.

Full cv:
(not available for this witness)

full statement:

I write to confirm the veracity of the article published by the Daily Mirror on December 17 1986.
I was the Mirror's Industrial Editor at that time and I recall the interview with Mr Nicholson, who used the words attributed to him in my story.

Burger Off! Big Mac Union Snub Daily Mirror 17/12/86 by Terry Pattinson.

BIG MAC has given Britain's biggest trade union the brush off.

Sid Nicholson McDonalds personnel chief said last night: 'We do not have an anti-union policy. "But we will never negotiate wages and conditions with a union and we discourage our staff from joining."

Former McDonald's assistant manager Andrew Cranna, 30, of Southall, Middlesex said: "We were all left in no doubt that if we joined a union we would be sacked."

date signed:

November 29th, 1993

status:

Appeared in court

references: Not applicable/ available
exhibits: Not applicable/ available

transcripts of court appearances:

• Day 172 - 12 Oct 95

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