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THREE QUARTERS OF A LIFETIME

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Wage at Peugeot: 120,000 minus
40,000; 80,000 remaining.

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Could you tell me,
where I can find Peugeot's Hotel No. 1?

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The Hotel No. 1 is down there...

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You need to take a taxi,
it is too far away!

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Don't you know it?

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I have just arrived and
don't know where it is.

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You better take a taxi
to get there.

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Which way is it?

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Down there.

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Three kilometer, on foot.

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Can you get there
without a taxi?

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Yes, you need to walk to the left,
underneath the railway, go straight,

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and then ask again.

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To Hotel No. 1?

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I don't know.

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It should be in this direction,
let's have a look.

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We fell for the mixed
announcements,

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but your case
seems to be different?

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A Peugeot representative
came to our school.

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He offered us jobs.

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He said that otherwise there would 
be no work after the schooldays.

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Eventually, he showed us
brochures, too.

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Did he tell you about the wage?

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At the moment, it should
be 120.000.

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And what did he say
about a flat?

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We should not worry about that,
we would get one.

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And about the canteen?

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The prices should be low...
2 francs 65,

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coffee for only 0.50 franc,
he said,

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in Avignon, on the contrary,
it is 1 franc.

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And what did he say
about the work?

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Whether you have a certificate
or not, first you make a test.

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That determines which
work you will get.

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A real paradise!

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He came to the school,

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then he gathered the
young people...

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What kind of guy
was that?

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A guy from the
human resources department.

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Ah, that one... the
marketing agent.

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He was in Avignon, Orange,
everywhere...

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"Cards on the table,
this is an employment

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for your future."

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Are you from Avignon?

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-- Yes. --

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Do you know Sochaux?

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I have heard the name
in football...

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They say Sochaux is in
Eastern France...

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I didn't even know that.

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10 kilometers from
Switzerland,

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80 kilometers from
Germany,

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4 hours from Paris.

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So I told myself:

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one weekend in Germany,

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one in Switzerland,

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then one in Paris.

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Didn't he say that the wage
would not be enough for that?

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I have debts,
10,000 old francs,

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I have worked for two years.

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You get here without
a penny,

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we don't have cars either...

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In nine months I have been
to Switzerland once!

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I was there for 5 minutes,
and then returned...

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You think you can see the country,
but you see only the factory.

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He said that the climate was
healthy and very mild.

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And what did they say
about the food?

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Very cheap: 2 francs 65.

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And beverages!

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The we calculated:

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Cheap coffee...

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three times a day you 
can save 3 francs.

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At the end of the month...
nearly a Mercedes!

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Do you already have
your Mercedes?

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I bought an old Dauphine
for 30,000,

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and I paid for it
2 months later.

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Hello gentlemen! I thank you
for this meeting.

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At the end of your schooldays
you are looking for a job.

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Peugeot gives you this
opportunity.

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With or without a certificate,
you will find a job

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in our factories in Sochaux.

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After Renault, Peugeot is

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the second largest car company
in France!

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Regarding sales, we are 
no. 10 in France.

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If anyone has questions,
I would be happy to answer them,

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on living conditions, wages
and benefits.

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Are there any flats?

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Very close to the factory.

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And canteens?

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Of course, and very cheap ones!
2 francs 65, with beverages.

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Here a coffee costs
0.80 to 1 franc.

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At our place it is 0.50!

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Is there an exam?

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No, only a test, for orientation
of your work.

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Where is Sochaux?

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In Eastern France,
10 kilomenters from Switzerland...

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17 from Belfort, 80 from
Besancon and Germany,

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4 hours from Paris,

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and a 6 hour flight
from New York!

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What is the wage?

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About 120,000 old francs!
Later there is more...

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and if you go on strike,
even more than that!

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And benefits?

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There are many chances
for promotions!

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You get a discount on
Peugeot and Renault cars,

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also on bicycles, household
appliances, petrol, etc. ...

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And leasure time?

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And leasure time?

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There is everything in Sochaux!
Ping-pong, pinball...

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And the women?

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The ball! In Sochaux, they
always party!

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At Peugeot you will come to fame!
That's waiting for you, guys!

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Come to Peugeot! You will
have everything!

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Come back, guys, please!

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Damned strike agitators,
communists!

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I will hang you... shoot you...
get the police!

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Please, sit down.
Here you have some squares.

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Assemble as many as possible
in 10 seconds.

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Go... Stop!

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Here you got a nail,
a board and a hammer.

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What do you do with them?
15 seconds!

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Here you got a srew and
a nut.

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20 seconds!

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Go... Stop! Thank you.

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Based on your test we
send you to line 504.

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But I have a certificate
as a painter...

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Okay... you will become welder.

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Based on your test you will
go to the paint shop.

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But I am a mechanic...

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Yes, the flats are owned
by Peugeot, of course!

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They hide behind laws,
federations, names,

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but it is still Peugeot.

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They give us 100,000 and take
most of it back.

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How is the job?

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-- Bad. --

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What kind of entertainment is there?

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Dormitory... leasure time... 
don't know.

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Just promises!

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The shop stewards are
only secretaries.

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You meet them when you pay the
pension insurance, otherswise not.

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The Z.U.P. is an apartment
building for families.

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However, Peugeot needed flats
for young workers.

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They simply confiscated them.

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They put 2 people per room
in flat F4,

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who pay 15,000 francs. 

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The administration receives
120,000 for the flat.

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So is this about accommodation,

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or is it again about
exploitation?

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You cannot take training courses.

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2 people have to work 
at a tiny table,

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and 8 people have to 
eat there.

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You need to queue up...

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In the factory you work
at the assembly line

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at home you have to
queue up for food.

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When you get back around 2,
you eat around 4...

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What are the working hours?

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I get picked up for the 
morning shift at 4:15 a.m.,

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and I finish at 1:15 p.m..

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When do you get up?

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At 3 a.m., 3:15 a.m.

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The evening shift is from
1:15 p.m. until 10:15 p.m.,

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so you get home at 11 p.m.

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When do you go to sleep?

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11 p.m. ... we still talk...
so around midnight.

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Midnight?

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And what did you eat,
at 11 p.m.?

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There is breakfast
for 1 franc 10,

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coffee, 15 grams of butter,
2 to 3 pieces of bread.

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After work...

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After work your
stomach is empty.

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After 9 hours at the assembly 
line there is nothing substantial.

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Such a breakfast isn't enough
for people around 20...

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So most people eat liver 
sausage in the rooms.

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But that is no solution either...

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10,000 young workers in Sochaux.
One needs to organize.

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That's why they go to 
the flats, the rooms,

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to the foreigners, too.

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The management does not like that.

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The management lets the 
Marrocans live far away.

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We demand that the Maroccans
live in our buildings, too.

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The management claims, that we
would not get on with each other.

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That is not true.

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Why should Marrocans, Yugoslavs,
and others not live together?

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We go out with our 
Marrocan friends,

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in order to break down the walls.

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I have my dignity
which I defend.

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I work in order to earn money,
like everyone.

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Peugeot has gotten us here
with a long-term contract.

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That's why no other union
should exist.

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We need an independent union
for the Peugeot plants.

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That's why we are in
the union C.F.T.

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It is prohibited to be a
member of another union.

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Peugeot will only pay more money
if all young workers demand it,

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if the company fears

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by a strike of the young workers.

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3,000 angry young workers,
that is a threat...

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Thank you to Kino Arsenal
for the historical subtitles

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