Big Tobacco and US Dept. of Labor Collaborate to Support Abusive Employers in Agriculture Farmworker Union Opens Anti-Corruption Campaign

Raleigh, NC- On Thursday October 22 a delegation of H2A guestworkers, members of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee deliver a petition to the Trump Labor Department calling for them to “do their job” after a case...

October 19, 2020 at 2:25 pm FLOC read more

Call to Action for Police Reform

On October 3rd a full and overflowing crowd gathered in a big top tent and almost 200 people tuned in virtually for the Black/Brown Unity Coalition (BBUC) Peace Rally. At the end of 2017, the BBUC...

October 8, 2020 at 5:35 pm FLOC read more

Your Action is Requested!

A letter to tobacco industry giants to help dozens of FLOC members who have been blacklisted for speaking up against abuses on Reynolds and Phillip Morris supply farms. Mistreatment of farm workers will continue until manufacturing...

June 2, 2020 at 8:03 pm FLOC read more

Allies attend Philip Morris International shareholders meeting, deliver 10,000 name petition to PMI Headquarters

FLOC and allies attended the Philip Morris International (PMI) shareholders meeting and later delivered a 10,000 name petition about labor violations on PMI farms to press the company to engage with FLOC about resolving problems and...

May 12, 2016 at 9:53 am FLOC read more

Hundreds Rally at Reynolds After Audit Finds Serious Abuses on Reynolds Farms

FLOC members and allies took over Winston Salem streets for the eighth time at Reynolds American's annual shareholders meeting, calling on the company to guarantee freedom of association throughout their supply chain and ensure farmworkers have...

May 9, 2016 at 9:51 am FLOC read more

Reynolds Shareholders Meeting Volunteer Sign Up

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Ohio State Students demand Reynolds American directors be removed from Dean’s Advisory Board

FLOC organizers, along with members of the FLOC Homies Union, joined the students representatives of the on-campus chapters of the OSU Student Farmworkers' Alliance, United Students Against Sweatshops, and Real Food OSU. October 28, 2015 at 12:36 pm FLOC read more

FLOC Members and youth deliver 20,000 signatures to Reynolds American Inc.

FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez led a group of FLOC members, FLOC Homies Union members, and other activists in a march to Reynolds American Inc. headquarters in Washington D.C to deliver a petition with 20,000 signatures. The...

September 8, 2015 at 3:32 pm FLOC read more

JOIN FLOC YOUTH TO DELIVER 20,000 PETITIONS TO RAI DC OFFICE

After years of public pressure from the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Reynolds American continues to refuse to guarantee collective bargaining rights, fair wages, and decent housing in their supply chain. On Friday, August 28, Youth members...

August 21, 2015 at 1:07 pm FLOC read more

Read FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez’s Op-Ed in The Hill on Child Labor

In commemoration of World Day Against Child Labor, FLOC President Velasquez outlines how child labor is just one of the many consequences of the US government and agricultural industry denying farmworkers a voice on the job. June 15, 2015 at 11:03 am FLOC read more

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