Our Members Speak For Themselves About the Abuse and Corruption on 5 NC Farms.

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From the Rocky Mount Telegram. Farmworkers allege illegal treatment More StoriesBlake EvennouNewswire Complements Customers’ Going-to-Market Strategies Through Effective Media and Marketing Communications CampaignsJustin MichaelianCoale NorrisDallas Tulik BY JOHN H. WALKERStaff Writer Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Substandard housing, illegal pay, a lack of work, failure to reimburse authorized expenses and threats are just a few of …

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Sign Our Petition! Ask these growers to: SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS ON THEIR FARMS!

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  O.J. SMITH FARMS, KENT SMITH FARMS, THE BASS FARMS, GREENLEAF NURSERY CO., THE BAILEY BROTHERS FARM  Dear Sisters and Brothers, Over the last several weeks, delegations of farm workers and community supporters delivered written notices to employers in support of FLOC members calling for an end to abuses and corruption in their workplace. They …

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Black Brown Unity Coalition trip to Civil Rights Hub & Fields of North Carolina

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Last week our Toledo staff and many members and friends headed to North Carolina on the Black/Brown Unity Coalition bus to the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, NC to learn about the struggle our black brothers and sisters endured, and continue to endure. We then headed to the Beloved Community Center and …

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FLOC President and Vice President in Kampala Uganda Fighting Farm Worker Exploitation in the Global Tobacco Sector

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July 3-5 2019 Presidente Velasquez and Vice Presidente Justin Flores are in Kampala Uganda. Presidente is a co-chair of a meeting with the International Labor Organization. FLOC is joining other farm workers and unions and organizations to fight global exploitation in the tobacco sector. Here are a few snippets lifted out of Presidente’s remarks earlier …

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Who Really Puts the Food on Your Table?

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FLOC is featured in this video along with our other friends throughout the world. Thank you to @rosalux_global and @IUFglobal for putting this important footage together. Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung “Although farm workers provide a large portion of all food produced globally, they themselves earn extremely low wages, oftentimes go hungry, and suffer from poor working and living …

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Our Work & Our Organizer Meliton, Prominently Featured in Guardian!

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‘Be very careful’: the dangers for Mexicans working legally on US farms Exploitation in focusUS news For Mexican farmworkers, seasonal employment in the US is an opportunity to earn more – but those who make the journey can be easily exploited by recruitersExploitation in focus is supported by Read the rest by clicking the link …

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Virginia Tech Students Visit FLOC Labor Camps in NC

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Our organizer Jackkie writes, “Our organizers in North Carolina welcomed 6 Virginia Tech students to visit a labor camp and to interact with members who come from Mexico for 7-8 months to harvest our crops-leaving behind loved ones & bringing hopes and dreams to keep working our fields while injustices go on in their daily …

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FLOC Welcomes Agricultural Farm Workers & Lets Them Know Their Rights!

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When members and other migrant workers arrive on buses from Mexico to plant and harvest our tobacco and much of our food supply, we are there! Our organizers explain about labor rights and other human rights that each worker possesses. FLOC has fought to secure many of these rights and continues to ensure that our …

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