Day 184 - 06 Nov 95 - Page 37


     
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     2   Q.   -- Chris Broom had found out about this?
     3        A.  Like, afterwards.
     4
     5   Q.   In August?
     6        A.  No, no, no, not in August.  I mean, I do not know when
     7        they find out, but, I mean, I was talking to Chris Broom
     8        with Michelle and he said, well, you know, she had
     9        mentioned it and she said, "but I just, I did not believe
    10        her.  I thought it was a big joke, so I blew her off.  If
    11        I knew she was going to try to do it, if I knew she was
    12        going to have started it, I would have talked to Cam, and
    13        let Cam know".  And then Travis, I mean, I found out after
    14        everything had happened, he said the same thing; that Sarah
    15        had asked him:  "If a union had started here, would you
    16        sign a card?" and he said "no" and he did not -- he thought
    17        it was a joke as well.  Like, he did believe that she was
    18        doing it, so he blew it off.
    19
    20   Q.   So, some of the management people had been aware but they
    21        thought sort of laughed it off?  There were some people who
    22        were concerned about union organisation?
    23        A.  As far as I know, I mean, Chris and Travis were the
    24        only ones that knew, like as -----
    25
    26   Q.   As far as you know?
    27        A.  Right.  And, I mean, they just -- they thought -- they
    28        did not realise that she was doing it.  They did not --
    29        they did not realise she was serious that .....
    30
    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  How old is Travis?
    32        A.  Now?
    33
    34   Q.   Yes.
    35        A.  He is 22.
    36
    37   Q.   Was he at the same Orangeville high school as well?
    38        A.  As I was?
    39
    40   Q.   Yes.
    41        A.  He was two years ahead of me.
    42
    43   Q.   Yes, I have ------
    44        A.  And I do not know if he was in school at that time,
    45        like, I do not think he was in school at the time.
    46
    47   Q.   Just about everyone who works at McDonald's in Orangeville
    48        has been through Orangeville high school at some stage?
    49        A.  Yes.  That is the only high school there is, so
    50        everyone goes there. 
    51 
    52   Q.   Yes, but they are Orangeville people rather than outsiders, 
    53        are they, mostly?
    54        A.  Mostly, well, you know, just from the surrounding
    55        towns, people come in, like Paledin and Shelbourne -- well,
    56        some people come in from there.
    57
    58   Q.   I understand that but are they mostly Orangeville born and
    59        bred?
    60        A.  Orangeville raised?  Yes.

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