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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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 …
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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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
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 …
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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President Velasquez was the Plenary Speaker at The Friends General Conference in Toledo, OH. He explains that we have to address the root of migration to address immigration and secure the border. We have to address labor issues. He shows how it is a global issue. Click on the video below to watch his address. …
Toledo, OH – On September 5th-8th 2018, The Black/Brown Unity Coalition will head down to Greensboro, NC where African-Americans sat in at Woolworth’s in 1960. Then we will head to Eastern North Carolina to visit tobacco farm workers in the fields and in their labor camps. The President of FLOC, Baldemar Velasquez notes, “It …
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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.
On April 25, 2018, a FLOC and IUF (International Union of Food and Allied Workers) delegation traveled to London to attend British American Tobacco’s 2018 Annual General Meeting.