the camp all the passengers left the bus. From the driver's seat Williams heard the argument continuing between the welders and the laborer. Anticipating a fight, Williams got off the bus and "tried to intercede, tried to tell them this is crazy, not to get in a fight, ... it didn't mean anything, ... everybody was drunk." In the ensuing scuffle Williams inadvertently tore a tee-shirt worn by one of the welders which bore the 798 insignia. Incensed, the man broke the bottom off a beer bottle and approached Williams, demanding that he pay for the shirt. His companions restrained him and the three welders then left.
Williams was upset over the incident. That evening and during the next day he discussed it with several other men in thecamp, including his immediate supervisor, the welders' foreman, and a fellow Teamster foreman. These men all reassured Williams *345 and told him not to worry. Williams did not, however, report the incident to any Alyeska officials or to the camp security guards.
Williams also expressed his concern that evening to Ed Badger, a friend who belonged to Local 798. During his conversation with Badger, the three 798 members involved in the fracas approached and again demanded payment for the shirt. Williams said nothing while Badger told his fellow welders that if they wanted to fight they would have to fight him first. The three men then departed. The next morning, Badger spoke with Williams again, told him that he had been threatened by members of his union and was