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right now this baby turtle is just 6 centimeters long and weighs about 40 grams. is being nurtured by conservationist until it's big enough to be released back into the wiles. and that is your news update. i'm clear. richardson, thank you so much for watching. the name is the calls back, said loud. thank you so much for joining in. welcome to don't hold bad. a lot of people do that. it's all about saying it aloud. that's what it being nosy, bad. it gets everyone to king the healthy award winning called called the called back. paris is often called the city of lights and the city of love this summer. it will
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also become the sport's capital of the world. is too sorry. it's a bit cramped. me all these workers are planning to occupy one of the biggest olympics construction sites and bring work to a hold. since french authorities brought in a restrictive immigration law, they've been fighting to secure legal status. union representative needs and they shall give them advice and will join them for the strike. are things like to and they're all pretty once we're inside and he's off on that. were there to demand our rights not to get arrested to us. that'd be activists from this elaine while or blank vests movement, hand out the contact details of a lawyer in case the police get to know what one member do translates between. so think it in french and if they have to be strong when they will fight until we reach our goal to scott. so the
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paris is expecting more than 15000000 visitors for the 2024 olympics and paralympics. the government promised the games would be socially responsible, but on major construction sides, the reality has been different. with type construction schedules to keep companies have turned to sub contractors for the hiring of workers. thus avoiding the legal risk of directly employing on documented migrants. authorities have tried to take action against illegal employment at olympic construction sites. even so, some companies have been sued in labor records by workers who have been denied proper documentation of done as these has been working as a painter on the construction of the data is arena. the flagship venue of the paras olympics. he's decided to strike so that he can get papers to allow him to see his
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family in molly because his mother, every morning though he hasn't told her about the high risk industrial and he's planning since his father's death. he supported her as best he can. there's some ability, they still don't put it in my mouth though. my mother is being very worried ever since my father died was that's why i set off of my journey to europe. i don't know . going to, you know, he tried to cross the mediterranean several times in 2019. he spent 12 hours in a rubber dingy before the red cross rescued him and dropped him off in spain. that is, you're going to see and i'll be in friends properly. that's my dream of that. it's just before 7 am on tuesday, october 17th, 2023. the striking workers and their supporters head towards pump to national visual lane. war activists have handed out metro tickets. any run in with the
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authorities might jeopardize the plan and could be dangerous for these undocumented migrants. i'm just checking who that is. they trying to be inconspicuous as they approach the side. over there, they've seen us the, the strikers occupied the area demanding documents certifying that they've been working on the construction sites. that way they can apply for legal residency. ready each year 1000 is good residents papers this way,
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the application is received because it can also result in deportation. employers also need to supply pay slips, which would show that they've been employing undocumented workers. the, as i'm done as ease has been elected spokes person for the striking workers together with the others. he's come outside to speak to the press h n is with the c n t s o union. he's done this before. well, that's up to you. if the same people will go out and come back in, you can count us in and out, negotiates with the guard who's blocking the entrance,
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the but during the press conference, the management asks for the names of the workers who left the side of the seas and the others are stuck outside the scene. the more no names can giving any names would weaken their negotiating position. the situation is deadlocked until a government representative show up. the construction project was commissioned by the city of paris. i have what you're saying. i just want to know who these people are around the point them out, one by one. good ideas. i've done that as these is the 1st to return that we're winning 7 hours after the occupation began beside management allows in some food prepared by the migrants. my, my do is
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a founding member of the issue lane, one group. he hands out sandwiches. mama to comes from money. his father served in the french army in the 2nd world war. this will punch them in twice a week. we give a week's list that information for undocumented workers on the construction site, right? that is on to there are a lot of them here to the sony, see, he describes the subcontractors practices. we do for them to sometimes the 100 checks with new names on the wasn't because they knew were on documented this is the legal 4 of our colleagues. that's why we're here today, like the we have a message for believe it went through the company claims to have clean hands, but that's not true. but the, if it works with dirty companies and it can't have a clean hands, what's good to go through. it looks like it would probably have it good either. so
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if i just give zip codes among the supporters, the tension is beginning to rise. they've taken a risk by coming here, but they themselves are not the subject of these negotiations are going to the point of the time we come just to support the people who work here. let me know how about you were doing it for everyone. so why would it be useful? they're demanding a meeting with the interior and labor ministries to discuss their situation. i know we've talked to everyone together. what are the people from yesterday worker from this site and those from other sites, everyone's here robot. i've had no need for them. i don't think they want the government to hear their voice is one of the for it's part, the government wants to tighten conditions for getting permits to undocumented migrants know when that they can keeps everyone updated. we can with the week says they were surprised to discover that these employees had no papers that'd
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be that they could have come forward. i think that's it. that's the only reason you haven't even seen it. even my response was that they would probably have been fired . example like that might. denise, also probably some of you work directly for boy gun this construction site, but you most of you worked for sub contractors on board and some clicked on a p. yes it can, you show me probably others haven't worked on any of the grand cares projects or live big game sites. the owner, the there that saw the strength of this movement is that it can get papers for the workers on this side. well, so you'll probably see, but it can also do the same for others. no. as folks person, i've done it as easy as taking part in the negotiations along with representatives of visual lean war and the c and t. s. o union officials from the city of paris and week the company building the adidas arena. 3 sub contractors are also present
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the, the delegation once the agreement to include as many workers as possible. okay, the demands of both sides have be matched. in the, in the after 10 hours of negotiations, the strikers are satisfied with the outcome. they and everyone else who's worked for the 3 sub contractors in the last 3 to 5 months receive assigned declaration. it will also apply to employees who work here over the next 3 months. they aren't granted a meeting with the government,
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but they're given an appointment at the town hall. a can join the union when he was 15. he's always fought for his convictions. he even served 2 years in prison as a conscientious objector, his girlfriend, and he wants him to slow down with a. she works for a local newspaper when he can carries out industrial action in the area and she's able to report on it to pick it up the whole day of negotiations with her grandpa a, a t s. the last 4 to he's in the i saw the article in the video online. you do get the one where we take down the barriers to get off without a successor, itchin has to continue the fight himself. he only takes a break to spend time with his grandchildren. then duty calls once again to could you close it by
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the since the strike action, those who have demanded their work permits aren't being allowed back to work at the data. serena or other construction sites belonging to the company, the we hello, yes, hello etc. and to show from the c n t s. we. so we've got, we've learned that you're no longer allowing the colleagues for whom we occupied the construction site on the 17th to work at the arena, grounds new, really super. i probably use your receipt that i now see a few days after the action i h n. and his colleagues use leaflets to inform the workers about the agreement. no, the sign protocol must be in here too early for we always speak to put to guide the striking workers being kept out of the construct inside have already been replaced by other regular workers, right? now she gets used, you carry on like this wheel occupied the site again, you know,
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value yes, that doesn't matter. it's actually binding on. you can call the police with using as to do whatever you like. okay, see you then in europe, you have to once again, the workers demonstrate at the adidas arena, construction side, along with the union and members of this, just a more group including the do, the, they've exploited us for years. despite the pressure, the contractor won't let those who took part in the strike back onto the site. they broke in their promise and violated our agreement. the, the atmosphere is tens which just 8 months to go until the olympic games begin. the company is determined to continue with work for us to stay there. we're not going
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to be locked up and we can go wherever we want to have no problem. for one person for section 7, yes or maybe 2 per section. one won't be enough for sure. so i think you the funny thing is they would stuff those they can't afford to pay for, but we're together side by side based on knowing us. we'll go even further.
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stop. we don't provoke anyone. it's okay. yes, that's in to sean speaking with yes. hello. we reoccupied the arena site, who we'd like to start negotiations to continue work on a site and i sort of talk to you about it. how about yes, it can hopes to solve the problem on the side. but it's not that simple, right? february then forgotten the i'm losing tell your henchmen to come down because we're back in they beat us, but that doesn't matter. we think we want to talk to we don't really just you having the solely day or company in the mayor. i mean the funny mr. additional, this is unacceptable if we will use also being unacceptable. you know, i know they keep like, you know, that i know. yeah. and me and joe telling the what, cuz things that on the trailer was the bosses say they can legally lead undocumented workers back onto their sides. but the process of getting legal status
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through employment does allow people to keep working while they're applying. i definitely feel i just don't allow it to her a liar, liar because of all the cameras around a lot of these kinds of things. we negotiated and, but we accepted it. but even so, the undocumented migrants here and not being allowed to work for believe my colleague is it holding me? you can't work and he has a family children's only for me, we're here to support him, a loan of any points he thrown in for the display from the company called the police again, the officers start by talking to the managers of the construct inside the was the low, i'll show you my id card right away on the whole day and then you won't have to
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have, you know how it goes. if you don't want it, i want to do that. yes. give it to me from what's going on here. and we, we, we, it has to abide by the agreement we signed with them. you know, the company must allow its workers to return to the construction site. it's going to cover you, you'll see there people like you and me when way you know they can survive on their, they have to be able to work. the planning to stay to easy for now. yes. has to be, gets cold was sleep inside. the threats being taken seriously when the, those when boy used ups playing games will stop to them. the paras government intervenes, it can gets a call from deputy mayor a mon way like wire. i'm much, i have no contact with the use company management just with a representative. what's happening here is embarrassing for the mayor of paris,
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who committed in writing to uphold workers' rights on olympic construction sites. we mail? yes, but there is no risk every. mr. greg, why there is no risk. ok, i'll be in the we and so the day will companies have to come in negotiating. so the boy is going to work again. he's going to get this whole part of you after occupying the site for a 2nd time. the workers are successful within a few hours, the grant and the meeting, they ask for the
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i've done as ease each end and other members of the group meet with parents. officials, supporters wait outside the town hall in temperatures below freezing. as the workers movement pushes forward with its demands view, the deputy mayor expresses his support. so we support giving legal status to the undocumented walk ups, especially if they've been working for these companies in france for many years. oh, don't say don't put the normal that as well because they still don't have comedy. so i don't have legal status. so we're determined to support them. jones now and in the future. exactly. if i need only, it's only for 2. the key vows to put pressure on immigration officials so that the
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striking workers get appointments quickly with the workers. now bard from the data serena side of done as ease is sent to another construction site in the after much pressure, the movement manages to submit the legal status applications for the 14 undocumented workers who had the courage to reveal their status. but after 4 months of done as ease has heard nothing from the authorities examining his file. hold on to pull him out. i have no problem with the boss. yeah, for them just with administer, he's for the authorities and the police company, and we use it. they go after the strike and use on the set. the chaos has a stall and excuse my phone with him, but we'll keep going. and so he's on the will not be on. well, continue. he doesn't trust their promises on the div on day about in public and they say this or that will happen. well, these are things, but they don't actually do anything right now. if you a random one that we don't
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want money, is that going to be once the work determines the health insurance? so we're demanding. what's rightfully ours is going to be money. that's 5 years and 155 and coins. thank you. of single he feels especially lonely in leo during ramadan. amenities are not having any friends here . some people or the new laws drastically restrict the process of gaining legal status through work done as these fields, an obligation to his boss who gave him his documents. let me know if he has a construction site and mercy. i'll go there to the next set to the arguments, so we'll accept his bill as these remains active in the movement. despite moving to the on activism and
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family celebrations, take him back to paris regularly, less than 4 months before the games. things are still under construction there. hello. hi. how are you? good. how are you trip? yes, thanks to god. for this time i'm done as ease in tears to celebrate the end of ramadan. he also visits the c n t s o office . so i'm to see just as you know, your file was submitted to the prefecture. it's very slow. 18. 0, do you have any questions about it as well? so to see, i think everything was fine, but really the people are due for the okay. if you get an appointment and you have to let us know right away, continuing, continue, then one of us can go with you and have a pre picture, so you'll be safe. thanks call. thank you. high enough with the 2 point of the 2 piece. is it possible? correct?
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no. okay. you go and how are things going in leo? a new a new silver tongued leon is okay to go see that? uh and i moved there at the end of december for work. the pathfinder? these are the, you know, phones on my boss told me he doesn't just have construction sites in paris so far as he has them all over friends on to a bundled, don't go to you, said i should go to lee on the customer. the don't go into single quite a do you want to know why he said that here we go. he doesn't want you to work on their construction sites. see, i see that company is this most important customer, right? so he's respecting the protocol, signed with us to the extent that he can. so that means you know, this is the facility. so right. i told you the cars are others on your site without permits. it can also wants to help new workers,
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boys are fine. yeah. i think there's one in the low and i've spoken to him already automatically. and he says he'll come is. i think he's scared of his team leader because it's the bosses cousin. and so they keep exclusively to set up who's on the portal he's working for. you and you don't have a permit and his highway man with no bus one, lucy, or maybe the boss will register him. he been without us under the name. but since the strike, his boss is also issued employment contracts to migrant who are not included in the agreement, he's probably afraid will react later. yeah, he's a bit scared. right now things are ok. all right. well, for now, so far we've managed to struggle quite well. i'm gonna be a minute since that date one is hopefully we'll get results sooner. we're on the so the receipt to see all the. yeah, e, i'm or it will be mid april as far as i know me every on that phone call. even
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though the new integration regulations restrict people from getting legal status through work, they don't currently affect the work or supported by a 10 day your coupon. they're in no particular hurry to implemented cnn. if they did, they'd have to fire and deport all of the workers in the restaurant industry. these a these do say to the time i ask you some time or i've slice you without them. half of the restaurants would probably have to close to the 9th or participants you need this also. so the only solution is legal status through work. the youngest. or are you celebrating with family this evening or the end of ramadan? the yes ends today and tomorrow we'll bring the fast. see, there's going to be allowed to do that is you'll make lamb too. yes and right now go to fits and what family do you have here? my cousin and my uncle's lives, they have children. yes. well, the nice part,
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even fade, yes. so we asked we'd some questions about what happened or the company's press spokesperson, beth and your mind sent us. the statement we accuse is some of the striking markers of identity theft or forgery, saying that on documented migrants used, borrowed, or forge documents. when they were asked for identification during the hiring process. the company says it's taking action against illegal employment. it wants to introduce strict control procedures on its construction sites. and unless the help of the score it is to check id cards. there will be specific clauses in contracts with sub contractors intended to guarantee them. workers receive legal status. the if undocumented workers are discovered
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on its construction sites, as was the case after the strike at the deed as a rena week, will quote, take measures to put an end to illegal employment relationships the since the a data serena was completed, it's hosted several concerts and basketball games i've done as ease continues to work in new york and remains in contact with this elaine, one group and with a 10 when he can't make it to paris to join demonstrations in person. he follows along via the what that group
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some of the demonstrate as much as we can we help po to you can't get foreign language. so without realty on the phone with i've done that as ease not i do has something to report as well. no, no, no, there's good news. the prefecture it's, and now you're looking at the applications of 2 of your colleagues, and go to go to the desktop. and if it's, if the, the 1st to get an appointment with the authorities is a colleague who hasn't been allowed to work on the construction sides since the strike. and since then, others have also been offered appointments, including of done as ease its progress. and it's proved for me, i do the striking workers that their struggle has been worth it. the
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