Position: Field Organizer Location: Northern/Central TN through Central Kentucky (Springfield/Clarksville-TN – Hopkinsville/Sparta, KY region: Location flexible The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) is both a social movement and a labor union. Our immediate constituency is migrant workers in the agricultural industry, but we are also involved with immigrant workers, Latinos, our local communities, and national …
Four migrant farmworkers, with the assistance of FLOC, recently settled a class action lawsuit with Teachey Produce in Rose Hill, NC! The farmworkers were compensated for wage theft, health and safety violations, and retaliatory discharge despite the Teachey Brothers using immigration threats to try to silence them. On June 24, 2016, Pedro went to pick …
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Join FLOC along with special guest, acclaimed author Sandra Cisneros, for its 50th anniversary celebration for “Remembering 50 Years of Struggle: Farm Labor Organizing Committee”
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FLOC challenged Phillip Morris International during their shareholders meeting about the lack of response to the 8 workers who were blacklisted for trying to recover stolen wages
Amongst reports of Death and Child Labor, FLOC Leaders challenge BAT about violations in their supply chain during their 2017 Annual General Meeting
On the 100th Day of the Trump Administration, FLOC will be traveling from NC to DC to march in resistance to the attacks on our communities and planet. Attacks on the environment are attacks on the labor force! Join us on April 29th. For more details or to reserve a spot on the bus, call our NC …
Safe jobs are every worker’s right! Join us 10 am Friday, April 28 outside the NC Capitol in Raleigh to memorialize the 150 people who died working for a better life in 2015. Confirm your attendance on Facebook!
On Sunday April 2, 2017, FLOC members met with the Sheriff and Captain of the Wayne County Sheriff Office to discuss how to begin building trust between the Latino community and local law enforcement. Given the current political climate and recent attacks on immigrant communities, it is increasingly difficult for communities of color to trust law enforcement agencies to serve out their function of protecting the people.
Union members gathered in Monterrey, Mexico this weekend to begin the 2017 organizing work! This leadership training plays a crucial role in empowering members with the necessary tools and knowledge to tackle the issues that they’ll confront when they arrive in the fields of North Carolina. Read more!