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
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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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 …
Saturday, February 29, 2020 12:00-1:00 pm: Action Outside 7-11 Toledo, OH 2601 W. Bancroft
Saturday, February 29, 2020 12-1 p.m. As a part of our ongoing national boycott of VUSE e-cigarette, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and community members will take part in a peaceful protest outside of the 7-Eleven 2601 W. Bancroft St. Toledo, OH 43607 on Saturday, February 29, 2020 from 12-1 p.m. We are protesting the widespread abuses …
1-Star Reviews to End Farmworker Abuse
After months of pickets and demonstrations across the US, convenience stores like Circle K, Wawa, and 7-Eleven still have not taken VUSE off their shelves. Now, we’re increasing the pressure on these convenience stores by leaving 1-star reviews against farm worker abuse on Yelp and Google.
FLOC Launches VUSE Boycott with Actions Across the US
From April 9-20, we officially launched a boycott of Reynolds American Inc. (now owned by British American Tobacco)’s VUSE e-cigarette brand with over 40 demonstrations outside of Kangaroo, Circle K, 7 Eleven, and Wawa convenience stores in New York, San Francisco, Orlando, Raleigh, Durham, Toledo, and other major US cities.
FLOC Pushes Mexican Government to Defend Mexican Farmworkers in the US
On a recent trip to Mexico, President Velasquez met with the Mexican Department of Labor to ask that the Mexican government join FLOC in demanding increased protections for H2A guest workers.