That was just once. Most times when they're out you 't get them back. I tell you, it was easy to get people t, but there was something else getting them back. metimes we used to have them out there for two and three days. You had court injunctions and everything. Butt after two or three days people was ready to go back.

It could happen very easily that a person would get fired, and it could happen to the wrong person. FPI (Fishery Products International) got their rules up, and one rule is about flicking fish. If somebody flicked a small piece of from the tip of a knife, it would go so fast you could hardly see it. And that's very, very dangerous because it could get in someone's eye. So if somebody got caught flicking fish they knew they were going to have to pay the price. They would probably get suspended or fired. A while ago there was this one young fellow, and I'm not sure if he got suspended or fired for flicking fish. But it was a big confusion in the plant because he did not do it. The foreman was walking through the door and somebody flicked fish, and he just took it for granted that the young fellow did it. We had three or four different witnesses come up and said they knew who did it.

Most cases if somebody got fired it would have to go through arbitration. No matter how much you fought, the company wouldn't change their mind until it went through the arbitration. That's more or less like court work. You got a lawyer fighting for the company on one side and then you got your union fighting for the worker on the other side. They'll both get up and present their case and then they give their closing remarks. Then the arbitrator makes the decision and that's it, you gotta live by it. We did have some people that went through arbitration that never got back, and we did have some that did get back.