National Farm Worker Ministry and Allies Visit NC Tobacco Farmworkers
The National Farm Worker Ministry, its board and allies, visited NC farm worker camps to express solidarity with the farm workers and the current sign up campaign.
FLOC MEMBERS CONVENE IN DUDLEY, NC
On Sunday August 10, FLOC members filled the FLOC office in Dudley to discuss the “Respect, Recognition, and Raise” campaign as well as upcoming contract negotiations with the NCGA.
Summer Organizers Grow FLOC Membership by 1,000!
FLOC members and elected officials appreciate all the work that the summer organizers have done for the “Respect, Recognition, and Raise” campaign.
AFL-CIO Demands Better Protections, Union Rights for Tobacco Farmworkers
Reproduced with permission from Occupational Safety & Health Reporter, 44 OSHR 707 (July 31, 2014). Copyright 2014 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com> By Stephen Lee July 28 — AFL-CIO organizers said July 28 they will insist the major tobacco companies provide better safety and health protections for farmworkers and allow them to …
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Farm Worker Support Opportunity
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British MP’s, Congresswoman, and Labor Leaders Unite in NC for Historic Fact- Finding Delegation
July 28, 2014 Over the weekend, U.S Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and British Members of Parliament Ian Lavery and James Sheridan participated in a fact-finding delegation to North Carolina fields to examine the human rights conditions in the supply chain of British and American tobacco manufacturers. This binational delegation was joined by AFL-CIO Executive Vice …
FLOC Response to Dismissal of Paul Saffle
July 21, 2014- FLOC applauds the decision of the North Carolina Growers Association (NCGA) to accept the resignation of Paul Saffle, the NCGA rep who punched FLOC organizer, Oscar Sanchez in plain view of farmworkers and their employer on July 10, 2014. While Saffle’s violent act was unpardonable and his dismissal deserved, it does not …
URGENT ACTION: FLOC Representative Assaulted, Grower Rep Sets Violent Precedent
The safety of thousands of farmworkers and 30 “Respect, Recognition, Raise!” organizers depend on your action!
Press Release: Congressmen and Parliamentarians to Join Farmworker Union in Examination of Human & Labor Rights Abuses in U.S Tobacco
The delegation of statesmen will visit farms in the supply chain of various manufacturers- with particular attention to the supply chains of Reynolds and British American Tobacco- at the height of the tobacco growing season to speak with farmworkers about their living and work conditions.
Briosha Sanders: A legacy of injustice and inequality
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 people, like me, can’t help but admire stretches of crisp green plants that interchange with golden fields and eventually give …
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