Day 192 - 27 Nov 95 - Page 46


     
     1   MR. MORRIS:  OK.  (To the witness):  The first thing is that
     2        Sabina Iurillo says that she attended a meeting on
     3        5th August, 1993, at your house, and you have said it is
     4        19th August.  Could you be wrong about that; could it have
     5        been 5th August?
     6        A.  No, because I was in Kilbear Provincial Park for the
     7        first week of August.
     8
     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Sorry, you must speak up again.  Try and
    10        speak towards me rather than Mr. Morris.
    11        A.  OK.  I was at Kilbear Provincial Park, which is about
    12        four or five hours north of where I live.
    13
    14   MR. MORRIS:  Was that your camping holiday, or something?
    15        A.  Yes.
    16
    17   Q.   She said that you spent three weeks pressurising her to
    18        sign a union card.  Is that correct?
    19        A.  No, it is not, because I did not even sign her up.  The
    20        way I understand it, Chris Morrison was at the second union
    21        meeting which took place on 25th August, and he brought me
    22        a card on 26th August; and I believe the only person that
    23        he brought -- like, the only person he signed up was
    24        Sabina Iurillo.  So -----
    25
    26   Q.   When was the first time you physically had the cards in
    27        your hands?
    28        A.  The first time that we were given the cards by the
    29        union?
    30
    31   Q.   Yes, by the union.
    32        A.  25th August, the second meeting with the director of
    33        organising -- because he is the one that gave us the cards
    34        that allowed us to go ahead to sign people up.
    35
    36   Q.   She said that at the meeting -- which you say was on
    37        19th August -- that the union said the day ladies would be
    38        made full-time staff and that all full-time staff would get
    39        a pension and dental treatment.  Did you say that?
    40        A.  No.
    41
    42   Q.   What is she alluding to?  Do you know what she is alluding
    43        to there?
    44        A.  No.  I have never heard that before, actually.
    45
    46   Q.   She said she signed a union card eventually because she was
    47        fed up with being badgered by Sarah and Chris.  Did she
    48        indicate to you why she signed a union card?
    49        A.  No.
    50 
    51   Q.   Because you did not sign the card? 
    52        A.  I did not sign it. 
    53
    54   Q.   OK.  Had you been badgering her?
    55        A.  No.
    56
    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  When you say you did not sign it, do you mean
    58        you did not get her to sign it, or do you have to
    59        countersign it?
    60        A.  You have to witness the card as she signs it.

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