Meet Gillary Lanzo. While most 18-year-olds graduate from high school a little unsure of what’s next, Gillary knows exactly where she’s headed, and she has a heart full of passion, drive, and excitement to get her there. Gillary is one of FLOC’s rising leaders, and she brings her passion and love for her community to the FLOC Homies Union, a youth organizing committee based in our Ohio office.
Saturday, August 13, 2016, FLOC joined over 10,000 people for the March on Richmond in a demonstration that connected the struggle against racism, for Black lives, and immigrants rights, with the fight for higher wages and unions. Check out the news coverage of this powerful event: >Politico: $15 minimum wage movement to vote on organizing mass fast-food …
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Join the FLOC Homies Union September 10, 2016 as we walk to promote peace in our community. We join together to call for an end to violence on our streets, and police discrimination and brutality. We work to a build safe, vibrant community where brown and black lives are respected and protected.
Cuando Pablo vinó a los Estados Unidos para trabajar en el campo por la primera vez, el se encontró en Virginia rural. Era 1990, y el recuerda su primer ranchero que llevó a Pablo y sus compañeros del trabajo a la tienda para comprarles sobres, cuadernos y plumas para escribir cartas a sus familias. “Cuando …
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For years, Pablo has watched growers exploit and silence workers on the various farms where he has worked, and now he is determined to do something to change it. He works tirelessly educating his coworkers about their rights under the union contract, and encouraging workers to speak up when there is a problem.
On Sunday, over 50 members from more than 15 different labor camps across Eastern North Carolina came together to participate in the first 2016 regional meeting for union members covered by the FLOC and NCGA (North Carolina Growers Association) contract.
Rafael’s work in the fields came to an abrupt halt last season when his left hand was crushed by a machine that was laying plastic in the fields. While the accident may have ended his work in the fields, it opened a new door for him: organizing with the union.
Each season FLOC members get together for updates on union campaign activity, continued training on rights under their union contract, and to build organizing efforts throughout the state. Transportation is one of the biggest barriers in workers being able to attend these meetings. If you are free on Sunday, July 31, and willing to help …
FLOC mourns the loss of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the officers killed in Dallas and Baton Rouge, and we honor their lives by standing beside our black brothers and sisters fighting for black lives to be valued, respected, and protected.
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 Brent Jackson, calling on him to reinstate seven farmworkers who were blacklisted from working on his farm in Autryville, NC, …
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