Shooshmoo
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The spokesman said the miners didn't have to show up for the press conference, and indeed some who signed their statement didn't, which would seem to underline that statement.
In the statement, the spokesman says there are more than 500 signatures.
This site:
http://mines.findthedata.org/l/46792/Century-Mine
Lists the avg. number of employees at 476. So 500+ would seem to be pretty much everyone saying they stand behind what was said in the press conference, and assert that they were not forced to attend the rally.
I'm telling you what the COO said. He said there were managers that told the employees that attendance was mandatory. Is he lying or are the employees lying? If you're told by your manager that attendance is mandatory, you show up. It sounds like not all the employees had managers that told them attendance was mandatory, but some did. Possible that some of the petition signers believed that signing the petition was mandatory as well?