Friday, January 29, 2010

Striking Steelworkers Being Watched by Private Investigator

They say you're not paranoid if they're really out to get you. Some Steelworkers proved it Wednesday.

As the crowd was dispersing after a rally with Jack Layton at the Steelworkers' Hall on Brady Street, strikers spied a security guard filming as they were leaving.

The man was seated in his vehicle, parked along the side of the entrance to Kelly Lake Building Supplies, located behind the new Steel Hall.

He admitted to being a private investigator hired by a firm by the name of SCM in Toronto to "observe" the activities of Steelworkers in the parking lot of their union hall.

Clearly nervous at being questioned by several Steelworkers, the man replied, "Nice," when a Sudbury Star reporter identified herself and asked him who he was.

When asked what he was hired to do, he replied: "Just security, ma'am. Observation," he said, pointing to his sunglasses.

When asked who hired him, the man said: "I don't know. I told you what I know, ma'am. I don't want to tell you anything else."

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