Day 115 - 06 Apr 95 - Page 44
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2 Q. How did that happen?
3 A. More often than not the bird got run over because if
4 the bird did not get run over and you tried to get in front
5 of the fork truck, you would be run over.
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7 Q. How often did you see that happen?
8 A. Every night.
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10 Q. Would that just be -----
11 A. You could see anything from, perhaps, two birds to 22
12 birds.
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14 Q. You left Sun Valley in 1993. Why did you leave Sun Valley?
15 A. I had the sack.
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17 Q. What reason did they give you for sacking you?
18 A. I think it was gross misconduct or words to that
19 effect. I just cannot remember exactly.
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21 Q. Do you have a grudge against Sun Valley?
22 A. Not really, no, because what I am here to say today
23 I have seen with my own eyes and I am here to tell the
24 truth. Sun Valley do not like me for being here because
25 they have called me a bastard for being here.
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27 Q. Were you only person who was sacked at that time?
28 A. No, I was not because there was four or five men,
29 I cannot remember exactly now, they were looking to put
30 contract teams in there and disband all their own teams for
31 cheaper labour. There was four lads that never wore a hat
32 one night. They was dismissed for not wearing a hat. My
33 beliefs are they was looking to get rid of people without
34 paying redundancy and they was looking for any excuse to
35 get rid of you.
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37 Q. The hats not being worn, was that something that just
38 happened around that time or had that been going on ------
39 A. They wore hats, on an odd occasion if there was
40 visitors coming, mainly from different companies, to look
41 out for safety people, they would say: "Make sure you wear
42 your hat when these people are here", but once the people
43 have gone you would take your hat off and your work would
44 carry on, but at that time they were just looking to put
45 contract people in and they was looking for excuses to get
46 rid of people.
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48 Q. I have handed a copy of these documents to the Plaintiffs.
49 There is actually only one that I want to refer to now, but
50 if I could just hand them up?
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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54 MS. STEEL (To the witness): You were given a reference when you
55 left?
56 A. Yes.
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58 Q. Is that the reference that you were given?
59 A. It is the starting dates and finishes, yes.
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