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
‘Be very careful’: the dangers for Mexicans working legally on US farms Exploitation in focusUS news For Mexican farmworkers, seasonal employment in the US is an opportunity to earn more – but those who make
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Our organizer Jackkie writes, “Our organizers in North Carolina welcomed 6 Virginia Tech students to visit a labor camp and to interact with members who come from Mexico for 7-8 months to harvest our crops-leaving
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When members and other migrant workers arrive on buses from Mexico to plant and harvest our tobacco and much of our food supply, we are there! Our organizers explain about labor rights and other human
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We’re in the middle of la lucha for farm workers who deal with human rights abuses and a hostile government. Every day. And every day we believe in being faithful in little things because eventually,
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The message is spreading! More and more people in different places are joining us in our boycott of VUSE e-cigarettes. Why are we boycotting VUSE? Watch this video explaining our reasons: Here are
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Our President, Baldemar Velasquez, who was a migrant worker and who received the MacArthur Genius Grant (1989) knows of which he speaks when it comes to the caravan. He sheds light on why they are
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We had a first successful meeting of the Black/Brown Unity Coalition on Thursday October 25th, 2018. We are going forward together to address the issues of: LED Lighting Lead paint and the effects it has
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A federal court blocked a racist North Carolina law that strips our members of their rights while the case proceeds through court. We are thrilled! Here is report from the North Carolina ACLU: https://www.acluofnorthcarolina.org/en/press-releases/federal-court-blocks-nc-law-strips-rights-farmworkers
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The Farm Labor Organizing Committee Medical Clinics and SCORE Medical Missions of the Filipino Association of Toledo led by Dr. Richard Paat used the FLOC office in Dudley, NC as homebase to provide medical care
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