FLOC is Calling for Justice in the Murder of Noe Pablo Jimenez in Mexico!
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Indigenous-leader-Noe-Jimenez-assassinated-in-Chiapas-20190120-0006.html
FLOC Homies Tutoring Kids in Reading at Local Elementary School
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, the little things will add up into big things. Just one such example is our FLOC Homies program in Toledo, …
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Why are we boycotting VUSE e-cigarette? VUSE Boycott Pickets Spreading!
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 some of the pictures from pickets asking these stores to take VUSE off of their shelves: First, the grannies, or …
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Velasquez Speaks to Sandusky Register About the Caravan
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 coming. Click the link below: http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201811020010 …
Same Companies Exploiting U.S. Farm Workers Exploit Farm Workers Throughout the World
At the beginning of October 2018, President Baldemar Velasquez and two other staff members from FLOC traveled just outside of Cape Town, South Africa to the International Farm Worker Forum to meet with farm workers and organizations from throughout the world that work with and for farm workers. Many of the organizations are unions. The …
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Successful First Black/Brown Unity Coalition Community Forum!
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 on children in our area The Code of Conduct we signed with the Toledo Police Department Boycotting VUSE e-cigarette because …
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Major Victory For Us!
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
FLOC Clinics and SCORE Medical Missions Give Medical Care to Hundreds in NC in Wake of Hurricane Florence
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 to farm laborers and community members in the rural and remote areas of North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane …
Olympian Harvesters Deserve A Fair Day’s Pay for Hard Work!
FLOC members are Olympian harvesters! Thanks to Esmith for the video! This is what they call el baje; they’re taking all the leaves off the stalk and as you can see he fills his underarm with a whole lot of leaves. Then he runs to the trailer to dump it (that part isn’t in the video), and …
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FLOC Homies LED Lights Idea Taking Off in Toledo!
This idea for LED lighting replacements for broken and non-functioning street lights originated with the young people in our FlOC Homies program. They wanted to illuminate the streets in order to be safe at night and walking home from school in the winter. Thanks Toledo and Toledo Edison! https://twitter.com/toledoedison/status/918493947273588738 The Toledo Blade recently ran an …
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