Day 185 - 07 Nov 95 - Page 68
1 A. No, it was testify about my story, what happened to me.
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3 Q. What does it matter about what Cam's reaction was? What
4 has that got to do with you?
5 A. That is all part of my story, what I did throughout
6 this whole union thing.
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8 Q. You are trying to cover for Mr. Ballantyne, are you not?
9 A. No, I am not.
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11 Q. Did you ask him why he was not coming here to give evidence
12 for himself?
13 A. No.
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15 Q. Did you ask Mr. Broom?
16 A. No.
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18 Q. They did not give you any reason why they were not coming
19 here themselves?
20 A. No.
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22 Q. Paragraph 18 of your statement you say, "For the reasons
23 given by Sabina in paragraph 35 of her statement, I also
24 participated in telephoning various crew members on the day
25 of the ballot asking if I could help with rides to the
26 caboose where the vote was to take place." When you say
27 "participated", who else was involved in that?
28 A. As far as I know, it was me, Sabina and Chris Broom.
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30 MR. MORRIS: We have nearly finished. We want to see if there
31 is anything else.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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35 MR. MORRIS: (To the witness): Do you know about Julie Wells
36 being dismissed?
37 A. I know she left. I do not know why.
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39 Q. You do not know why?
40 A. No.
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42 Q. Do you know about a woman that was sacked -- well, do you
43 know about a woman being sacked for criticising one of the
44 managers fairly soon after Mr. Ballantyne took over the
45 store?
46 A. You mean fired?
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48 Q. Pardon?
49 A. You mean fired?
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51 Q. Fired, sorry.
52 A. I heard about it, but I do not know directly.
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54 Q. What did you hear about, what did you hear?
55 A. The story I heard is that she was told to do something
56 by the Manager and she called her a bitch and other names,
57 and that Manager went to Cam and talked to -- and Cam
58 talked to the employee about it and she denied it and that
59 is why she was let go.
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