Day 185 - 07 Nov 95 - Page 22
1 what she could do to help. So Chris said: "Do you want to
2 head down to the Labour Board with Sabina on Monday?" and
3 she said: "Sure". So we went down together, and she is
4 the one when we went in and they gave us a whole bunch of
5 books, I was just, like, and they would not accept our
6 petitions because we needed a covering letter for it, and
7 I mean, so we went upstairs to the library and we had all
8 these books, and Bonnie and I went through them trying to
9 figure out how to format a covering letter and, you know,
10 what had to be done and stuff like that. So, and then
11 I brought the books and then we drove back home and, you
12 know, I gave one set of books to Chris and I kept the
13 other. I do not have them any more.
14
15 Q. Bonnie actually knew about the attempt at union
16 organisation on Friday, 1st, did she not?
17 A. I believe that was the first time she had heard about
18 it, but I am not sure. I think it might have been the
19 Saturday.
20
21 Q. If you look at page 1566?
22 A. Where?
23
24 Q. Page 1566, you want pink volume XIV, sorry, this particular
25 document starts on page 1554. It is the further statement
26 of particulars of the intervening employees. Then on page
27 1566 at 6(ii) it says: "Bonnie McLellan knows of the union
28 from Sabina Iurilla and Chris Broom on Friday".
29 A. I believe that is wrong. I am pretty sure that we told
30 her on Saturday morning.
31
32 Q. So you think your solicitors have that wrong then?
33 A. I am not sure. I am 90 per cent sure we told her on
34 Saturday morning, but I may be wrong as well.
35
36 Q. Did you call Chris Broom over to your table or did he just,
37 you know, walk up? You said he joined you at the table?
38 A. Yes.
39
40 Q. Did he just come and sit down and start chatting?
41 A. We, well, it was Friday night. We were all heading out
42 to parties and stuff like that, and me and Michelle were
43 sitting there and he came in and he saw us sitting there so
44 he just sat down with us.
45
46 Q. He immediately joined in the conversation?
47 A. Well, he asked us: "What is going on with you guys",
48 you know, "talking about? What are you guys up to
49 tonight?" type thing, yes.
50
51 Q. When did you find out what Chris Broom's dad did for a
52 living?
53 A. I am not sure. I cannot remember. It was -- I am not
54 sure if he mentioned it that night or if he mentioned it
55 before that. I cannot remember when exactly he mentioned
56 it to me. We just thought that he might be able to help us
57 out and I am not sure if Michelle knew before that or not
58 either.
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us take the five minute break there.
