Bread and Roses Page #5

...which is Angel 's Services.

-This is really good wine.

-You know?? You shouldn 't tell tales.

-You 're the building manager, right??

-You take it up.

-Who the hell do you think you are??

Coming in here,

telling me I need to do...

I don 't need. I need to do whatever

I want to do. This is a private...

Eat the broccoli, Mr. Griffin,

it 's really good for your heart.

-lt looks good.

-Yeah, that looks great.

I'll tell you what is good for my

heart. It 's you can leave now! Now!

My lamb chop! Tony!

The guy just stole

a lamb chop off of my plate.

What kind of place is this?

We eat here all the time.

His accusations... I 'm not a thief.

-What are you doing? Give me that!

-Mr. Griffin invited me.

We know, Mr. Griffin, we know

how you walk out on bills.

You 're not helping your cause there.

You 're gonna hear from my lawyers.

I'm tired of being harassed!

Everywhere I go I 'm harassed by you.

This march took place in Century

City, Los Angeles, in 1990.

So you 're gonnasee it

what it is and we 'll talk about.

Forthe janitors of Los Angeles, this

was supposed to be another morning.

They would sing, they would march,

some would go to jail.

But when the marchers reached

the entrance to Century City...

they found themselves trapped

in a movie, a very bad movie.

Twice the demonstrators tried

to submit to arrest.

The police moved

in with vengeance.

The marchers were barely able to

scramble to Century and nearby it.

Fifty of them would go to jail.

But more than 60 demonstrators

would end up in hospitals and ERs.

Among them,

were two pregnant women.

One of whom would miscarry.

I want to survive

in this country Iegally.

I m not robbing a bank

or doing anything wrong.

I m simply asking for an increase

for the work that I do.

And the policeman hit me

on my back and my hip...

and he shoved me as I was garbage.

He hit me awfully.

I Iike to study English

because I feel obliged to do so

So I can defende myself

from a terrible white man

I Iike to study English

because I feel obliged to do so

So I can defende myself

from a terrible white man

At the place I worked,

they always bossed me around

Just because I didn' t know

how to speak English

Just because I didn' t know

how to speak English

The terrible white man

would tell me in English

The terrible white man

would tell me in English

You, rustic yokel, don' t know

what you're supposed to do

You, rustic yokel, don' t know

what you're supposed to do

You, rustic yokel, don' t know

what you're supposed to do

Thank you! And let 's keep

on playing music!

This one comes from our race and

goes back to it saying like this:

Icame here to sing about

a very sad situation

About the Iaws being created by the

White House and the Immigration

Our Latin-American people

are always being discriminated

They take away all our rights

and send us to the Immigration

They take away all our rights

and send us to the Immigration

But I II never Ieave here

I II be here forever

I II never Ieave here

I II be here forever

I II never Ieave here

I II be here forever

I II never Ieave here

I II be here forever

Here I say all I m saying

singing this jolly song

It's better to die in the battle

than Iive a Iife on bended knees

The battle has to go on

with the good old famous words

Everybody yelling together

We can do it!

We can do it!

-Yell!

-We can do it!

We can do it!

We can do it!

We can do it!

We can do it!

-We can do it!We can do it!

-Come on!

We can do it!

We can do it!

-Once more!

-We can do it!

We can do it!

We can do it!

We can do it!

Thank you, thank you!

Of course we will keep on playing!

The next one is an ice-breaker!

And this is for the North workers,

here we go!

Somebody call an ambulance!

Hey, mom!

Call an ambulance.

Call an ambulance.

-We need somebody!

-Come on!

Ma'am! Ma'am...

-ls my dad okay??

-How is he??

He is okay. His diabetes is serious

but he 's not critical.

He 's stable now, so don 't worry. He

was dehydrated, we gave him fluids.

-lt 's very common with diabetics.

-How serious differs from critical?

He has some renal disfunction.

-His kidneys??

-And I suspect he has retinopathy.

-His eyes will need laser treatment.

-You mean he can go blind?

You need to make an appointment

with the diabetics clinic.

-They'll run tests and help you.

-I can 't wait anymore.

I 've been waiting months and months,

in the end they f*** up the date.

Now I 'm telling... Sh*t!

-I can 't wait anymore.

-Listen, there 's nothing I can do.

I 'm sorry, you 'll just have

to speak to them, okay?

Wait, wait. I want to have aword

with you. I 'll catch up with you.

-I 'm about to have a meeting.

-Come here.

Three injunctions in two days?

Come on, what is that?

Do you wanna tell me what you were

doing in Beverly Hills at night?

-Well, it 's a free country.

-No, not in Beverly Hills.

What is this?

Singing, dancing...

That was a little lullaby

for Mr. Wallace.

-Who is he?

-The CEO of Angel 's Services.

What is this here about jamming his

office up with 4 faxes in one day?

-I tried to get in contact with him.

-Jesus Christ! What are you doing?

The lawyers are going insane.

Don 't you understand?

I tried to keep them off your back,

they stuck on my ass. You want that?

-Are the old timers waking up?

-Don 't go there, okay?

Let 's just see where you are

in ten years, okay?

I think we gotta start talking

about changing our target.

What??

We've been working in this building

for 4 months. I won't change target.

What do you have to show for it?

Jackshit, Sam.

They're waiting for me to go to

a meeting, what do I tell them?

-What? Go for an easier target?

-No, a better target.

-Please, Steve.

-A better target with a better goal.

That 's what you tell them.

Remember who pays your wages.

The old days. Collect your dues, pay

your pensions, f*** the organizers.

Is that what you want?

You f***ing dick head!

You have no idea the f***ing

battles I've been through.

Another one of these we'll be up

to our ass in debt. You want that?

And I can have your million

to get the Democrats next election?

-They can piss out of the toilet?

-ln debt. You know what that means?

Our hands tied behind our backs.

You want that?? Subject to order?

Sent back to the Stone Age because

of your carelessness? No organizers?

Think.

To be continued...

We 're gonna win!

I get another one of these,

I 'm shoveling it right up your ass.

You 're giving me

a f***ing heart attack.

You know the Hollywood

lawyers on the 27th floor?

Remember those ones?

We found out that...

they're not just the

largest tenants in the building...

but also they own 15% there.

They don 't only represent

these big stars, alright?

These guys have invested interest

in this building, right?

Not only that, we found out,

we got some juicy information...

they are about to merge

with another big law firm...

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