Day 192 - 27 Nov 95 - Page 27
1 A. Pardon me?
2
3 Q. When did you first hear about some employees apparently
4 wanting to pull out of being union members?
5 A. I imagine it was the very, very end of September.
6 I believe Michelle called me. We had, Rui and I had signed
7 her up one morning. I do not -- I think there was a couple
8 of days in between that, and she called me for her card
9 back, or something. I mean, I do not keep the cards;
10 I give them to Rui, so that Rui can, you know, fill out the
11 certification forms. She asked me for them back, and
12 I told her I could not give them to her, but maybe she
13 should call Rui -- you know, I gave her his number -- if
14 she wanted to talk to him about it, because, I mean, it is
15 out of my hands once I do not have the cards, right.
16
17 Q. So, when you say it is out of your hands, what was the
18 process? You give the cards to -----
19 A. Yes. We sign them up; people would give the cards to
20 me; and then Rui would drop down for, you know, once or
21 twice a week or whatever, and take the cards that had been
22 signed.
23
24 Q. He has the cards. At the end of September, what happened
25 then? What did he do with the cards? What was the union
26 doing?
27 A. They applied for automatic certification under Bill 40.
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29 Q. Is that something simple where they just go down and plonk
30 the cards on the table?
31 A. No. Like, I do not really know the procedure but, as
32 far as I know, it is very long procedure. I remember them
33 saying something that they had to make seven copies of
34 everything; you know, they had to make sure that they had
35 outlined the exact borders of the town, or whatever, like.
36 I had never actually seen the application but, from what
37 I heard from Rui, that, you know, it takes a day or two to
38 complete.
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40 Q. I think the way we will deal with this is that we will deal
41 with allegations by Miss Wetli and Miss Iurilla at the end
42 of specific allegations they may have made. It is just too
43 complicated, otherwise.
44
45 So, the application was made, I think it is common ground,
46 is it on the Saturday, or -----
47 A. It was a Friday, October 1st.
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49 Q. Friday -- after some preparation by the union?
50 A. Yes; after a day or two, I would imagine, of
51 preparation.
52
53 Q. You said that a few days before, the notice from the Labour
54 Board was sent to Cam?
55 A. A few days before what, sorry?
56
57 Q. The notice from the Labour Board was sent to Cam, which was
58 when?
59 A. It would have been after our application for
60 certification.
