Save the date! June 16th Moral Monday will focus on workers’ rights!
Join FLOC in supporting just labor policies for tobacco farmworkers and all workers at the June 16th Moral Monday!
MARCH ON REYNOLDS 2014
Their chants of “Justice Now!” made known that, despite Reynolds’ claim that it is addressing human rights abuses in its supply chain, the company’s efforts have fallen far short of results for farmworkers.
FLOC and allies press BAT to do more to end human rights abuses
April 30, 2014–Today, at British American Tobacco’s annual shareholders meeting, Chairman Burrows spent a considerable amount of time during his remarks addressing the issue of labor rights in Reynolds’ supply chain. After several years of pressure from FLOC and its international allies, BAT clearly feels that this is an issue the company must address. As Reynolds American’s largest …
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Take Action! Tell British American Tobacco To Protect Human Rights in North Carolina Tobacco Fields
The IUF has begun a petition calling on the BAT CEO to take action and ensure that the basic human rights of US tobacco farmworkers are protected. Thousands of people from around the globe have already signed, add your name today!
Join us on May Day in Raleigh!
120 years after the Haymarket Massacre, we continue to struggle for the guaranteed right to organize without fear of retaliation and for the eradication of child labor, especially in the North Carolina tobacco supply chain.
Take Action! 10,452,206 too many dollars earned off of farmworker exploitation
In 2013, Delen’s total compensation was $10,452,206, while the average farmworker made just $7.25 an hour, around $11,000 for an entire season of work. Send an email to Delen today to let him know that making millions off of the exploitation of low wage workers is not ok.
Sign up to volunteer at the 2014 March on Reynolds
United for licenses and safer roads
Saturday, March 22, 2014–More than 200 people marched in downtown Raleigh, NC to demand driver licenses for all North Carolinians and safer roads in NC. Waving signs that read “United for licenses and safer roads,” and “Drivers licenses now” undocumented immigrants and allies marched together to demand that Governor Pat McCrory and the NC Legislature …
Pilgrimage for Peace and Justice: April 13-18, 2014
Every year, Witness for Peace South East (WFPSE) organizes a Pilgrimage for Peace and Justice to raise awareness about issues of justice throughout the community. A coalition of various organizations, people, communities, and faiths walk together to call for an end to policies that devastate economies and livelihoods, that promote division and discrimination, and that lead to poverty …
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FLOC President Receives Fred L. Shuttlesworth Humanitarian Award
FLOC founder and president Baldemar Velasquez was honored with The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth Humanitarian Award on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at Bowling Green State University. President Velasquez is a highly respected national and international leader not only in the farm labor movement, but also in the Latino and immigrant rights Movements. Velasquez’s vision and …
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