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
Article written by Christiana Wagner On Friday January 17, 2020 I accompanied FLOC President, Baldemar Velasquez, upon the invitation of US Representative, Marcy Kaptur and other House Representatives, to Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico. The
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By Raul Jimenez, FLOC Organizer June 20, 2016 A few weeks ago, I was part of a group of faith leaders, labor leaders, and community allies who delivered the names of 10,000 petitioners to Senator
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By Sintia Castillo, farmworker and member organizer, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) I am the daughter of single farmworker mother. I began working in the fields when I was 8, selling food with my mom
Read moreWritten by Olivia Jones *All names have been changed to protect the individual* Walking into the home of Ms. Angelica, I quickly smelled the home cooked meal she was preparing for her two school-aged kids.
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I’d be lying if I told you that it never occurred to me to question the beauty of the countryside that I loved to explore as a young person of color in the South. Many
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It’s 3:30 in the afternoon; 24 mostly 20-something-aged kids are role-playing in Spanish – an animated exchange between their comrades role-playing “farm workers at the labor camp” and the 4 young FLOC organizers who comprise
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“Soy lo que dejaron. Soy toda los sobra de lo que se robaron…mano de obra campesina para tu consumo…el sol que nace y el dia que muere con los mejores atardeceres…Soy America latina, un pueblo
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Meet Federico. Federico is one of the approximately 100,000 farmworkers working in North Carolina this harvest season. Every year, individuals like Federico put everything on the line and migrate from Mexico and Central America to
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As an International Organizer from OPEIU/AFL-CIO and as a native Mexican I feel very proud to be part of FLOC’s “Respect, Recognition, Raise” Campaign here in North Carolina. Having thousands of “campesinos” coming from Mexico
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