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- We are here in the 12th arrondissement
in front of DEFI Technology,

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a temporary work
agency.

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- You have been on strike since Monday.
Why are you on strike?

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We are on strike
to demand our rights.

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To get legalized
like everybody else.

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- Don't you 
have papers?

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We have no papers.
We work here.

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We want
our papers.

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- How many are involved?
We are 33 persons.

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- Does the employer want to get you papers?
- No.

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We asked him
three days ago.

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Others asked him already months ago
to get them papers.

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But he
refused.

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We don't know 
why he refused.

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We are also tired to work
with the papers of our brothers.

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We want to work
with our own papers!

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- Why does
he refuse?

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I don't know. We asked him.
He said he does not want it.

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Because he wants us
to do black work for him.

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But we want to work
with our own papers, like everyone else.

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- So you do
black work?

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Yes, when we work
with the papers of others

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that means we
do black work!

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No, we have no
social insurance.

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The social insurance goes to those
whose papers we use to work.

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- How many are on strike?
We are 33.

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There are more on strike 
in other places.

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We are more
than 33.

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But the 33 of us
work here longest.

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- For how long?
I have worked here for 3 years.

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Some have worked here
for 5 or 8 years.

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- What kind of
work do you do?

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We are unskilled workers.
Yes, in construction.

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Some work
in demolition.

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Others want to
become brick layers.

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Some work in demolition
even as foremen.

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- How did you decide
to go on strike?

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- We were sick of having to work
with other people's papers.

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That's why we decided
to demand our rights!

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People without papers have
absolutely no rights.

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Sometimes we suffer immensely
because we have no papers.

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We feel uneasy about
working without papers.

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We are forced to do it
since we cannot simply stay at home

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without to work
or without doing something.

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That's why we
have to find a solution.

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That's why we use our brothers' 
papers to work.

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But that is
not normal!

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We are here, we are peaceful,
we let them do their work.

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They do their work
without disruption.

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We exercise
our right.

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You can see, those inside
sit there undisturbed.

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They do
their work.

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Every department
is collectively organized.

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We are also
collectively organized.

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We set a day on which
to go on strike.

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We arranged it for
Monday last week.

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Last Monday,
same time.

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- How long do you
want to be on strike?

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We strike indefinitely. It can last
one month, or two months.

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We are not
in a hurry.

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Every day, we are here, during
the day, in the evening, and at night.

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Every day people come along
to support us.

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Because they see that
we demand our rights.

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If people know their rights and see
how you fight for your rights

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then they come along
in order to support you.