Day 184 - 06 Nov 95 - Page 49


     
     1   Q.   The rumours that Cam Ballantyne could close the store if a
     2        union got established or whatever, sought to get
     3        established, did those rumours make people a little bit
     4        nervous about losing their jobs, something like that?
     5        A.  I do not -- I do not know.  I never talked to them
     6        about that.  I just -- I asked them, you know, I told them
     7        that we were starting a petition and these were the reasons
     8        why, and I said:  "It is up to you if you would like to
     9        sign the petition or not", and then all the people who
    10        signed the petition, we went round and asked them if they
    11        wanted to write a letter.
    12
    13   Q.   These letters that went -- we can look through them; they
    14        are in front of you -- it is your understanding they were
    15        all written completely independently by individuals
    16        concerned, yes?
    17        A.  Yes.
    18
    19   Q.   On standard forms?
    20        A.  No.
    21
    22   Q.   So it is a complete coincidence that most of the forms were
    23        identical then, is it?
    24        A.  Well, what I did is I prepared a John Doe letter, and
    25        all I did, all I said is that they had to put it in this
    26        format with, you know, attention to whoever -- sorry, that
    27        they had to put the date, the file number, their address
    28        and then they just put their names and they state that one
    29        sentence, and then the rest was all their input, and then
    30        the end had to be signed with the contact person, or
    31        what-not, but it was just a blank piece of paper.  I had
    32        nothing written on that piece of paper other than this
    33        format, and I said, like -- if you wanted me to write it
    34        out for you, but just because I am not sure if I am
    35        explaining myself clear enough.
    36
    37   Q.   Your John Doe letter that you wrote, is it John Doe?
    38        A.  Yes, John Doe, John Doe.
    39
    40   Q.   Can you just tell us what your John Doe letter actually
    41        said?
    42
    43   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Look at page 690.
    44
    45   MR. MORRIS:  690 or 1690?
    46
    47   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  1690, yes.
    48
    49   THE WITNESS:  That is not mine.
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Sorry? 
    52        A.  1690? 
    53
    54   Q.   1690, yes.
    55        A.  That is not my letter.
    56
    57   Q.   No, I appreciate that but when you say a John Doe letter,
    58        do you mean you did something, name, address, phone number?
    59        A.  All I did was I said -- I put on my piece of paper,
    60         "write name, address, phone number, date" and I did not

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