Day 185 - 07 Nov 95 - Page 45
1 pensions for the day staff, and they are promising me
2 everything; like, just promising; they are not saying it
3 could be, they are promising; and I said to them, "Well,
4 can I have a day to think about this", and they said, "No."
5 So, in the end, when I signed, I said, "Well, can I have my
6 card back if I change my mind?" They said, "Yes." So that
7 is why I signed it. I had to get to work. I did not want
8 to sign in the morning.
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10 Q. Why did you have second thoughts later on in that day?
11 What happened during that day to make you have second
12 thoughts?
13 A. Nothing. Thinking about it, I wanted to find out more
14 about the union before I really joined it, myself.
15
16 Q. You wanted more detail, more information?
17 A. Right.
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19 Q. OK. Then you say you contacted Sarah who advised you to
20 contact Rui Amorim, yes?
21 A. Yes.
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23 Q. Then he was not in on the evening of 29th September?
24 A. He had just left before I called.
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26 Q. Right. The next day he phoned you to say he had already
27 passed all the cards on to the lawyer?
28 A. He did not tell me that until after I asked for my card
29 back.
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31 Q. Yes, but I am saying he had responded to your phone call?
32 A. Yes.
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34 Q. He got back to you the next day, the cards had already been
35 sent on to the lawyer, he said?
36 A. Yes.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Mr. Morris, I would just like to ask one or
39 two questions about when Sarah and Rui visited your home.
40 You had said in your statements: "They tried to persuade
41 me, they assured me". You just said a moment ago they gave
42 you various promises?
43 A. Right.
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45 Q. Was one or other of them playing a leading part in talking
46 to you or was it both or was it Rui who was -----
47 A. It started with Sarah and it ended with Rui.
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49 Q. Sorry?
50 A. It started with Sarah and it ended with Rui. They both
51 spoke to me.
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53 MR. MORRIS: So when they came round to your house they were
54 enthusiastic, were they?
55 A. Sorry?
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57 Q. When they came round to your house they were enthusiastic,
58 were they, they were keen to get a union going?
59 A. I guess so. That is the way Sarah has always been for
60 anything that she wants. She is really enthusiastic for
