Position: Community Organizer Location: Dudley, NC The Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice (CMWJ) works to support migrant workers organizing to improve conditions in the fields and in the broader community. We organize with migrant workers and allies to fight for a more equitable agricultural system where farmworkers have a voice as stakeholders, and have the …
Ever wondered what it’s like to work in the fields? Watch as Kiwi Callahan goes undercover in Eastern NC to reveal the truth about child labor in the fields.
After serving 35 years in prison, Oscar Lopez Rivera has been transferred home to Puerto Rico where he will be released after finishing the last three months of his sentence. Join us in celebrating his long-awaited freedom! Después de servir 35 años de su sentencia de prisión, Oscar López Rivera ha sido traslado a su hogar, Puerto Rico, donde va a ser liberado después de terminar los últimos tres meses de su sentencia.
If you worked for Jackson Farming Company in the 2015 season, you qualify to receive compensation. Si usted trabajó por Jackson Farming Company en la temporada del 2015, se califica para recibir compensación.
FLOC’s fight to improve working and living conditions for tobacco workers has expanded into a global call for action On January 30, FLOC President and Founder Baldemar Velasquez traveled to Yangon, Myanmar to invite agricultural unions to join FLOC in a global call to implement human rights for agricultural workers. While many tobacco companies …
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On Sunday, January 8 2017, union members gathered in Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit Mexico to kick off a new year of organizing. 2017 represents numerous significant landmarks for FLOC. This September, members from across the South and Midwest will come together for our quadrennial convention and 50th Founding Anniversary Celebration. Members began preparing for the convention by forming committees …
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Thank you to all of the following donors who supported the 2016 Songs for Justice Benefit Concert. A special thanks to all of our volunteers and FLOC’s youth groups the FLOC Homies and FLOC Migos for helping to make the event a success. Port Authority, Bruce Goldstein, Seamus Metress, Aron Velasquez, Baldemar and Sara …
FLOC and the Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice are hosting the annual benefit concert on December 9th at the Jose Martinez Memorial Gallery in Toledo, OH. FLOC president, Baldemar Velasquez, will perform with the Aguila Negra Band. All proceeds from the evening will go to support youth and farmworker organizing programs like the FLOC Homies …
In 2014, four members of FLOC courageously spoke out against issues at Burch Farms in Faison North Carolina, exposing violations that many of their coworkers were too afraid to speak about. As part of the settlement, the workers won a 3-year collective bargaining contract so that they can continue to speak out against labor violations and demand respect in the workplace.