Day 185 - 07 Nov 95 - Page 62


     
     1        A.  What do you mean by, like the people he brought with
     2        him or?
     3
     4   Q.   The people he brought with him or employed when he got
     5        there?
     6        A.  Yes, basically.
     7
     8   Q.   You knew all them?
     9        A.  Well, I did not know Rob and Sandy and him, but we did
    10        meet them.
    11
    12   Q.   So anyone who came and showed an interest in the store and
    13        talked to the crew, talked to Mr. Ballantyne and obviously
    14        knew about the way McDonald's worked, the natural inference
    15        was that they had come from McDonald's restaurants in Head
    16        Office in Toronto?
    17        A.  Right.
    18
    19   Q.   There was nowhere else they could come from unless they
    20        came from Chicago?
    21        A.  I do not think anybody ------
    22
    23   Q.   It had to be someone from McDonald's, Canada?
    24        A.  Right.
    25
    26   Q.   Is that not right?
    27        A.  That is what I would say, yes, that is .....
    28
    29   MS. STEEL:   Your first approach from Sarah about unions was the
    30        morning of 27th September when she phoned you and asked if
    31        she could come round to see you?
    32        A.  Yes, she did ask me in early July if she organised a
    33        union, would I support her?  I said I would have to think
    34        about it and know all the information about it.  She did
    35        not mention anything else to me until that day.
    36
    37   Q.   OK.  When she rang you, you immediately said:  "Yes, fine,
    38        come round because I have got time at the moment"?
    39        A.  Well, she said:  "I would like to -- I am wondering if
    40        Rui, our union representative, and I can come out and talk
    41        to you about a union".  I said:  "What union?"  She told me
    42        the one she is trying to organise in McDonald's in
    43        Orangeville.  I said: "Well, how long will it take?"  She
    44        said:  "About 15, 20 minutes".  I said:  "OK, fine, that is
    45        all the time I had", so they came out.
    46
    47   Q.   Right.  Did you live a long way from the store?
    48        A.  About 15 minutes.
    49
    50   Q.   Did you live on your own? 
    51        A.  No, with my parents. 
    52 
    53   Q.   Right.  Were they in when is Sara and Rui visited?
    54        A.  My parents, they were at work.
    55
    56   Q.   They were at work?
    57        A.  Yes.
    58
    59   Q.   Had you talked to them at all about joining a union?
    60        A.  No.

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