 During one of the RCWU "snake parades", marching in a zig zag through the streets, usually in columns of two, the leader noticed that the entrance to the Hudson's Bay Company department store was unguarded.Other stores all had guards posted and shut their doors because the protesters would parade through the stores to present their case to shoppers.This time, on April 26, the manager of the store telephoned the police, who promptly arrived and attempted to eject the men.