English subtitles for clip: File:We won't back down! Support the postal workers' strike.ogv
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1 00:00:01,569 --> 00:00:04,759 Hi everyone, friends, comrades, co-workers, 2 00:00:04,756 --> 00:00:09,146 we're calling on you to support the postal workers' strike. 3 00:00:09,147 --> 00:00:10,437 Why? 4 00:00:10,439 --> 00:00:13,579 We've been on strike non-stop for more than 2 months, 5 00:00:13,579 --> 00:00:16,579 150 postal workers of our area. 6 00:00:17,177 --> 00:00:19,737 We're confronted with management staff 7 00:00:19,740 --> 00:00:21,710 who want to crush us. 8 00:00:22,331 --> 00:00:23,571 How? 9 00:00:23,569 --> 00:00:25,029 Like this. 10 00:00:25,029 --> 00:00:27,299 By issuing 0⏠paychecks. 11 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:29,580 I'm not sure you can see it from where the camera is... 12 00:00:29,581 --> 00:00:33,301 But there are 150 0⏠paychecks. 13 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,209 But we won't back down! 14 00:00:36,210 --> 00:00:37,960 Why won't we back down? 15 00:00:37,959 --> 00:00:40,659 Because we won't put up with job destructions, 16 00:00:40,658 --> 00:00:44,038 we won't put up with a heavier workload, 17 00:00:44,041 --> 00:00:47,081 we won't watch our temp or short-term contract co-workers 18 00:00:47,078 --> 00:00:49,708 risk getting fired on a whim. 19 00:00:49,705 --> 00:00:53,305 Because supporting our strike is important, 20 00:00:53,301 --> 00:00:56,981 because our victory would encourage other strikes, 21 00:00:56,980 --> 00:00:59,060 other victories, other struggles, 22 00:00:59,070 --> 00:01:02,330 and it'd also help bringing struggles together 23 00:01:02,330 --> 00:01:04,550 in La Poste and beyond, 24 00:01:04,551 --> 00:01:08,141 because today we really need a global mobilization. 25 00:01:08,140 --> 00:01:11,450 That's why we encourage you to send us checks to 26 00:01:11,445 --> 00:01:15,645 "Sud Poste 92, 51 rue Jean Bonal in La Garenne-Colombes" 27 00:01:15,647 --> 00:01:17,497 or to go online and give to "Le Pot Commun". 28 00:01:17,499 --> 00:01:19,689 [Exact info in video description below] 29 00:01:19,689 --> 00:01:21,809 We are determined no matter what, 30 00:01:21,811 --> 00:01:23,821 we won't back down until we win, 31 00:01:23,820 --> 00:01:27,030 and we need financial support to win. 32 00:01:27,029 --> 00:01:30,909 To those who want to destroy jobs, 33 00:01:30,911 --> 00:01:32,651 postal workers say : 34 00:01:32,649 --> 00:01:34,539 Resistance! 35 00:01:34,541 --> 00:01:36,571 What do they say? 36 00:01:36,570 --> 00:01:38,180 Resistance! 37 00:01:38,179 --> 00:01:39,919 One more time! 38 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:41,370 Resistance!