Series of our mobile migrant clinic continues! Screened and swabbed for the COVID-19 virus of hundreds of workers! Diagnosed several diabetes and pre-diabetes cases, a number of other concerning health issues. Our mobile pharmacy was able to fill prescriptions on the spot!
We continue to strive to collaborate and bind our struggles to one collective voice to our brothers and sisters of the African American community. #blackbrownunity
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 …
Where in the world is FLOC and what are we doing? A few snap shots of a recent week – this is not an exhaustive list but is a great sample of one of our weeks. 1. Our VP Justin Flores was in Berlin Germany meeting with other union leaders and members from all over …
Recently, Presidente Velazquez, VP Flores, and staff members Leticia and Meliton met in Mexico City with our attorney there to tackle human rights abuses at the border- abuses faced by our members and other migrant workers.
Recently, our Vice President Justin Flores was interviewed by the Raleigh’s The News & Observer newspaper about Trump’s immigration crackdown. Here is a snippet of Vice President Flores’s comments: “Flores said the root of the farm worker problem is a failure to support the role of foreign seasonal laborers. “The refusal to admit that the …
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 …
Read more “Olympian Harvesters Deserve A Fair Day’s Pay for Hard Work!”
If you’re in NC, join us for a #BoycottVUSE demonstration this summer! For info on other actions, please email boycottvuse@floc.com
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.
After a successful five-year boycott of the Mt. Olive Pickle Company, FLOC won a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the NC Growers Association that today provides historic labor rights to over 10,000 farmworkers employed with H2A guest worker visas. Read about all of the processed and resolved complaints from 2017!