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.
     6
     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.
    16
    17   Q.   You asked them to let you know if they saw anything of this
    18        nature happening again?
    19        A.  That is correct.
    20
    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.
    25
    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.
    30
    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.
    40
    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.
    49
    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.
    58
    59   Q.   It was Mrs. Brinley-Codd asking you about the incident
    60        about the removal of leaflets from Mr. Magee's locker that

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