By Sintia Castillo, farmworker and member organizer, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) I am the daughter of single farmworker mother. I began working in the fields when I was 8, selling food with my mom on the weekends and summers. When I turned 13, I started to work with my friends from middle school, picking …
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For the past five years, President Velasquez has attended the British American Tobacco (BAT) Annual General Meeting along with US and UK allies. This year a group will once again attend the meeting to press BAT do more to end human rights abuses in the tobacco fields in the American South. Read more and see the full statement from FLOC.
FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez will join other food heroes, including journalists, government officials, researchers, farmers, and more to discuss important issues surrounding justice in our food system. Read more and see how you can watch live!
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FLOC members and staff walked the picket line with fast food workers who were on strike fighting for $15 an hour and union rights.
Join us 10 AM Thursday, April 28th for a press conference and solemn memorial service to honor the 128 workers who died on the job in North Carolina in 2014 and to call for the North Carolina Department of Labor to do more to prevent workplace injuries and fatalities.
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President Velasquez met with the Board of Advisors of the Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Foundation this week to emphasize the importance of freedom of association as a necessary component in eliminating child labor, and provide a step by step account of how FLOC has done it in the past.
Written by Olivia Jones *All names have been changed to protect the individual* Walking into the home of Ms. Angelica, I quickly smelled the home cooked meal she was preparing for her two school-aged kids. My first reaction was amazement as I sat down and noticed her fragile, rough and shaking hands were the hands …
On May 5th, join Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO members and allies at Reynolds American’s annual shareholders meeting to call on the company to sign an agreement with FLOC guaranteeing freedom of association to all farmworkers in their supply chain!