Day 155 - 14 Jul 95 - Page 37
1 put it up?
2 A. No. I actually approached the people that put notices
3 up, i.e. for parties or outings, and told them just to let
4 me know in future and then the problem just went away, so
5 I did not have to bring it up.
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7 Q. You said you spoke to the Managers again, was this at
8 another weekly meeting?
9 A. No, I think this was like just a passing comment one to
10 one. It might have been with the Shift Manager who was on
11 the day when the poster was found, or whatever. I cannot
12 quite remember.
13
14 Q. And they said?
15 A. Nothing -- did not know anything about it.
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17 Q. You asked them to let you know if they saw anything of this
18 nature happening again?
19 A. That is correct.
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21 Q. Why should you care?
22 A. Because it was my notice board in the crew room, my
23 responsibility. Any defacing anywhere in the restaurant is
24 my responsibility.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: As I understand your evidence, you did not
27 make any effort to find out who was interested in trade
28 unions?
29 A. No, sir.
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31 Q. It did not occur to you to try to find out and ask the
32 person what it was all about?
33 A. No, because it meant nothing to me at the time because
34 I had such a happy ship. It meant nothing to me at all.
35
36 Q. Were you dead set against any union involvement in the
37 restaurant?
38 A. I did not know anything about unions. I did not know
39 what to do if unions appeared.
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41 MS. STEEL: It meant nothing to you at all, but you remembered
42 it seven years later?
43 A. No, it was actually until it was mentioned to me by
44 Mrs. Patty Brinley-Codd.
45
46 Q. That was about six or seven years later?
47 A. That is when I first remembered it -- that is how
48 insignificant it was.
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50 Q. But it had not passed entirely from your memory because it
51 was so insignificant?
52 A. No, it is like anything else, if someone has put a
53 poster up regarding anything, or someone has accused me of
54 doing this or doing that, at the time you think it is
55 nothing, you think that is it, end of story. It was
56 something that I vaguely remembered. There are other
57 things that I just do not remember.
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59 Q. It was Mrs. Brinley-Codd asking you about the incident
60 about the removal of leaflets from Mr. Magee's locker that
