Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO | Called upon to challenge the deplorable conditions of the broader workforce that remains voiceless, powerless, and invisible to mainstream America

Fired up for another season!

As the cucumber harvest and the tobacco work begins, union members from across Eastern NC assembled at our NC union hall to discuss how the union contract works in practice on
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FLOC Meets with BAT in London

On April 25, 2018, a FLOC and IUF (International Union of Food and Allied Workers) delegation traveled to London to attend British American Tobacco’s 2018 Annual General Meeting.
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FLOC Launches VUSE Boycott with Actions Across the US

From April 9-20, we officially launched a boycott of Reynolds American Inc. (now owned by British American Tobacco)’s VUSE e-cigarette brand with over 40 demonstrations outside of Kangaroo, Circle K, 7 Eleven, and Wawa convenience stores in New York, San Francisco, Orlando, Raleigh, Durham, Toledo, and other major US cities.
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FLOC Pushes Mexican Government to Defend Mexican Farmworkers in the US

On a recent trip to Mexico, President Velasquez met with the Mexican Department of Labor to ask that the Mexican government join FLOC in demanding increased protections for H2A guest workers.
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