1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,000 In Mai 2014, 18 undocumented hairdressers and manicurists working at the 57, Bd de Strasbourg 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,200 in Paris went on strike to get work contracts. 3 00:00:08,257 --> 00:00:11,699 Illegaly paid on piece work for 200-400 euros per month 4 00:00:11,899 --> 00:00:17,000 they work 80 hours a week, some of them since years. 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,977 Thanks to their struggle, they finally got work contracts, 6 00:00:20,177 --> 00:00:25,000 but their employer declared himself bankrupt and asked the police to evict them. 7 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,500 Today, despite the threats and the fear of retaliation in the area, 8 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:31,000 the 18 are still occupying their working place to make their voice heard. 9 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:37,800 -You leave your country when you have no more choice 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,480 - to escape war - to escape death. 11 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,900 -You leave because you are homosexual and they want to kill you for this 12 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,600 -I don't have the right religion. I can get killed for that. 13 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:53,995 - If you manage to escape, risking death to get across the frontier 14 00:00:54,195 --> 00:00:57,195 - when you get here - you habe unwillingly become a criminal 15 00:00:57,395 --> 00:01:00,195 - a sans-papier - You have become a clandestine 16 00:01:00,395 --> 00:01:03,595 - at the mercy of those who want to take advantage of you. 17 00:01:03,795 --> 00:01:05,795 - I did not want to sell drugs 18 00:01:05,995 --> 00:01:07,995 - I did not want to work as a prostitute 19 00:01:08,195 --> 00:01:10,195 - I saw hairdresser salons - manicure salons 20 00:01:10,395 --> 00:01:12,395 - at the "Chateau d'eau" area, in Paris. 21 00:01:12,595 --> 00:01:14,869 - I thought, it is good, it is honest work. 22 00:01:15,069 --> 00:01:17,423 - It was my only solution. 23 00:01:17,623 --> 00:01:21,854 - Everyday, clients come here and pay for our skills. 24 00:01:22,054 --> 00:01:25,054 - 80 hours a week -since one year - Two years 25 00:01:25,242 --> 00:01:28,242 - I was told that hairdressing is 400 euros a month 26 00:01:28,442 --> 00:01:31,000 - you quickly find out that there is no real wage. 27 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,000 - you always have to beg for it. 28 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,200 - say why you need money, and if you complain, he says: 29 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,400 - "I will get you arrested". 30 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,600 - "I will get you arrested!" 31 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:41,800 - You have no rights. 32 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 - The manager pays the rent but not our social contributions. 33 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,200 - Everybody knows that we work here, even the police. 34 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,400 - We don't want to work without rights any more. 35 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,600 - We want to make a living 36 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:55,157 - live from our work, like everybody else - pay our taxes - like everybody else 37 00:01:55,357 --> 00:01:58,357 - pay our social contributions - to be protected like everybody else. 38 00:01:58,557 --> 00:02:00,550 - We are workers from France. 39 00:02:00,750 --> 00:02:03,647 - In the area, many workers are like us, 40 00:02:03,847 --> 00:02:05,847 - They don't dare speaking up, they are afraid, 41 00:02:06,047 --> 00:02:09,047 - We are the first to speak up, without hiding our face. 42 00:02:09,247 --> 00:02:11,247 - If our voice disappear, who will speak up after us? 43 00:02:12,782 --> 00:02:14,782 - If we are evicted from the salon, and if we are evicted 44 00:02:14,982 --> 00:02:16,982 - from France because we don't have papers, 45 00:02:17,182 --> 00:02:19,182 - if the state does not state we are in our right, 46 00:02:19,382 --> 00:02:21,382 - It will be a victory for the mafias who exploit us. 47 00:02:21,582 --> 00:02:23,751 - Nobody will dare resisting any more. 48 00:02:23,951 --> 00:02:25,951 - Our voice must be heard. 49 00:02:26,151 --> 00:02:29,151 - We don't want to disappear. 50 00:02:33,351 --> 00:02:36,151 Against human trafficking 51 00:02:36,351 --> 00:02:39,351 In the name of human dignity 52 00:02:39,551 --> 00:02:43,551 A state based on rights must protect all those who work on its territory. 53 00:02:43,751 --> 00:02:46,802 Call for the immediate regularization of all the striking workers of the 57. 54 00:02:47,002 --> 00:02:50,002 Sign the petition: collectifdescineastespourlessanspapiers.com 55 00:02:50,202 --> 00:02:54,202 In memory of Jean-Henri Roger, who tirelessly fought for the cause of the "sans-papiers"