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- I bet you he doesn't do it often.

- Sometimes.

One day, you will have to eat

with suppliers, also.

And you'll be overweight, also.

- Who did you eat with?

- Businessmen. Most boring.

They look sinister.

They aren't bright, either.

Who do you think you are?

No one. I'll eat with you tomorrow.

That's funnier.

Don't do that.

You have to win their respect.

If you eat with us,

you mean we're comrades.

Then, at the workshop, they'll say-

"We had fun at noon. "

They won't respect you.

What do you mean?

Can't I eat with my friends?

No. At work, they are your employees.

I'm not an employee.

I'm just doing an internship.

Yes. You have to give orders.

Being comrades is not good

when you mean being respected.

Leave him alone,

you're always teaching him lessons.

- How are you, Francois?

- Hi, Frank. It's been so long!

This is Christian.

- You didn't call.

- I've been to the plant.

Christian works there.

They say you got a nice suit.

- Yes, I do.

- Are you coming to the caf?

Sure, of course.

Mom, I'm going out with Francois.

You may say hi to me.

How are you?

- You want something to drink?

- We're leaving now. Next time.

- How long it's been since we last saw?

- I came here for Christmas.

Long ago.

Where do you work?

- Personnel Bureau.

- With the "cop"?

No, with Chambon.

- Advise about the 35 hours?

- I don't give advise. I'm being trained.

I don't believe it could work.

We'll have to work faster.

I'd rather work more

and have a bigger salary.

What is your internship about?

Assessment of the economic needs,

for the 35 hours a week.

I don't believe you're interested.

Because we're too ignorant

to understand it.

- I didn't say that.

- You didn't, but you thought it.

Before I begin, I want to

introduce you to Frank.

For those you don't know him,

he's a brilliant student...

doing his summer training.

He's Jean-Claude's son, also.

I'm proud to have him among us.

That's no merit of yours.

- Not yours, either.

- We'll see.

Let's have a good start to the meeting.

Does anyone objects to Frank

being here?

No? Everyone agrees.

Let's start.

As you read in the memo,

this month we had...

profit. This looks encouraging.

However, we are still uncertain.

We can't say victory, yet.

The same old song.

We make sacrifices on bad times

and on good times.

There's no change.

We are here to discuss about the 35

hours and a quick execution.

Don't make me laugh. You've been

interfering for month.

You lie.

Listen. As I said,

our situation is uncertain.

The 35 hours will be expensive.

Subsidies won't be enough.

It's clear that we'll make an effort.

You too.

You decided to ask and reply by yourself,

but we know your point.

You use the 35 to deprive the workers

of their rights.

- We won't let you.

- We know your position.

"Less work, more money. "

Let's follow the order of the day.

- There might be other opinions.

- Don't try to split us. We are together.

There'll be no more sacrifices,

after last year's dismissals.

- We were lucky to do those.

- Lucky?

Or else, we would have to close-down.

I was waiting for that.

"Close-down". The same old song.

I'm going to sing it again. Really.

The group that owns the plant

had enormous benefits.

With children working in Korea.

That's madness! See your doctor.

Lady, take your pills.

You just want to piss me off.

That's it! You start the meeting

with my dear lady.

And, now, vulgarity.

I'd rather listen to your real nature.

What she's saying, in her own way, is-

the union representatives...

are happy about these negotiations.

We are for the 35 hours a week...

providing there will be

new jobs...

and work conditions will improve.

At least, my opinion is more

reasonable than yours.

That's what I feel. The 35 hours

must create new jobs.

We can't lose those things

we worked so hard to achieve.

Once again, this shows how

retrograde French unions are.

You can't get to see

that the worker...

wants the company to be successful.

- You want us to become capitalists?

- Not in my dreams. That'd be great.

Let's see the order of the day.

Frank, come and sit with us.

No offence, but your reports

are confuse.

Don't play the know-nothing guy.

We fall sleep at the second paragraph.

Those 35 hours would be great. Or 39.

I worked for a whole weekend.

- You want a medal?

- No, but this is real. It's hard.

This won't ruin my ski week.

Will you rent the same appartment?

- No. Very small and expensive. Not good.

- You got snow?

I hope so, after the avalanches.

You ski?

Who would believe that?

There'll be no new jobs.

They'll use the 35 hours

to put down rises.

I'm not for that, but in order to

globalize you got to make sacrifices.

If we don't get together,

we'll be lost.

You know my son,

he's doing an internship.

You say hi to me, now? During

the meeting, I seemed to be invisible.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.

It seemed to me you chose

the side you'll be on.

Your studies make you feel important.

- What did I do?

- Nothing.

During the meeting, you wrote down

everything the boss was saying...

as a good assistant. Whenever I

said something, you wrote nothing.

- You are wrong, you can see my notes.

- Don't be condescending to me.

I'm not condescending. I tried

to introduce myself and you were rude.

- Leave it alone.

- A chip off the old bloke.

Tell them about Rouet.

You have to make sacrifices.

- There it goes once again.

- Be brave and tell them.

The law calls for negotiations.

You will defend your interests.

These are no negotiations,

these are fights.

You know where they are now?

They are seeing how to piss us.

You knew that? Tell them.

I wear a suit, I work at the offices,

so I'm the enemy for you.

I believe that 35 hours a week

are good for all.

This is all bullshit,

I know it by heart.

But let me tell you who you are,

because maybe you don't know.

You're a social climber.

You'll be a boss, like them.

You're doing good.

Great. Congratulations.

But I'm leaving because

I can't stand it.

You don't have to pay attention.

Just beware of her.

- I know what I've got to do.

- She's fussy.

- What are you laughing at?

- Nothing.

- Can I pick you up?

- Yes, please.

- Where to?

- After the crossing.

You had your baptism of fire

with the union representative.

- She's a real character!

- Dangerous.

Communists play the clowns,

but they are mean.

Now, she is a pain in my ass.

I believe she's isolated,

they don't listen to her.

It's easy for her. She knows

that we have to reach an agreement soon.

That reminds me of a case

we studied this year.

The company was similar to yours.

The unions were interfering

with the negotiations...

on the 35 hours a week.

Then, the director

had an interesting idea.

He called an employees' referendum

about the subject.

That's very good.

The union didn't take part

in the referendum.

- Risky.

- Results showed...

that what the unions were asking

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