Day 192 - 27 Nov 95 - Page 07

     
     1        said, 'What part-time benefits?'  Cam told her to get back
     2        to him on that one and they could discuss it in more depth
     3        and privacy.  He also told crew that they would lose their
     4        McGold cards (certain privilege that entitles you to half
     5        price food once a day).
     6
     7        "Cam kept stating that there was no need for a union and
     8        turned to me and asked why I wanted one.  I told Cam that
     9        we didn't get any respect or have any dignity and job
    10        security.  His reply to that was, 'Who doesn't give you
    11        respect?' I told him that I wasn't going to share my
    12        personal views about the management there in front of 30 or
    13        40 people.  He then asked me to meet with him after
    14        school.  I told him that I was busy.  He kept badgering me
    15        to meet with him until I used his favourite line 'Why don't
    16        I get back to you on that one, Cam?' Cam continued to put
    17        down the union, scaring people about the big money-hungry
    18        dues grabbing monster.  He also took it upon himself to
    19        tell people that they don't know where their union dues
    20        would be going.  I felt as though he was trying to
         intimidate me at this meeting and also trying to split the
    22        crew up and get them angry with me.  It felt as though he
    23        tried to portray the union as some money-hungry company.
    24        Also, many anti-union supporters got a chance to speak, but
    25        those who supported the union were too intimidated to
    26        speak.
    27
    28        "We began the Labour Board hearings on November 1, 1993.
    29        In that time there were thirty-something witnesses for only
    30        Cam Ballantyne's side.  Throughout that time the younger
    31        crew sat in the crew room (a place where you have to stay
    32        before and during your breaks), saying that they should
    33        just make up stories so that they would have to go down to
    34        the Labour Board.  Cam paid his witnesses 102 dollars a
    35        day.  The longer story the longer you testified the more
    36        you got paid.
    37
    38        "At the McDonald's Restaurant I was commonly known as the
    39        union activist."
    40
    MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Will you read the next part very slowly,
    42        please, Mr. Morris, because mine is cut off.
    43
    44   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  It goes over the page.
    45
    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It goes straight on to "because
    47        I spearheaded", does it?
    48
    49   MR. MORRIS:  I believe so.  Is that correct?
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You read the sentence you have. 
    52 
    53   MR. MORRIS: "At the McDonald's Restaurant I was commonly known
    54        as the union activist, because I spearheaded the organising
    55        drive.  During the Labour Board hearings management cut one
    56        of my shifts for a few weeks.  I believe that this was
    57        caused because management knew that I was pro-union."
    58
    59        (To the witness):  Is that correct, Sarah?
    60        A.  You missed a paragraph that is on my page about "at