Toledo, Ohio – 32 Homies graduated from our FLOC Homies program which is sponsored by our education partner, CMWJ, Lucas County Department of Jobs & Family Services, and Community Shares. (Not all are pictured with Presidente Velaquez and Homies staff). We are proud of these Homies! They are continually overcoming obstacles to learn what it …
10. 31.2019 El Paso, Texas & Juarez, Mexico – President Baldemar Velasquez and our Secretary Treasurer Christian Velasquez were part of a delegation of the AFL-CIO who traveled to the El Paso massacre site to pay their respects and to see in-person the situation at the Border. It is no surprise to anyone to hear …
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 …
Read more “Our Members Speak For Themselves About the Abuse and Corruption on 5 NC Farms.”
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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Our offices are always hopping and especially so now. Here is what is going on! 1. Our organizers drive all over North Carolina and beyond and need a place to stay. Our North Carolina organizers are wondering if those in the Triangle area would allow them to sleep on a couch or in spare room …
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 …
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 …
‘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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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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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 …
Read more “FLOC Welcomes Agricultural Farm Workers & Lets Them Know Their Rights!”