FLOC’s annual benefit concert will be held on December 12th at Forrester’s on the River in Toledo, OH. This year FLOC president, Baldemar Velasquez, will be joined by the Aguila Negra Band as they play a series of movement songs and Mexican folk music. All proceeds from the evening will go towards FLOC’s ongoing fight …
Members of the UK Parliament report on findings of fact finding mission and call on British American Tobacco to ensure Reynolds American guarantees labor rights in supply chain.
On Monday October 21, long time FLOC friend and renowned author, Sandra Cisneros visited the FLOC office in North Carolina.
The National Farm Worker Ministry, its board and allies, visited NC farm worker camps to express solidarity with the farm workers and the current sign up campaign.
On Sunday August 10, FLOC members filled the FLOC office in Dudley to discuss the “Respect, Recognition, and Raise” campaign as well as upcoming contract negotiations with the NCGA.
FLOC members and elected officials appreciate all the work that the summer organizers have done for the “Respect, Recognition, and Raise” campaign.
Reproduced with permission from Occupational Safety & Health Reporter, 44 OSHR 707 (July 31, 2014). Copyright 2014 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com> By Stephen Lee July 28 — AFL-CIO organizers said July 28 they will insist the major tobacco companies provide better safety and health protections for farmworkers and allow them to …
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July 28, 2014 Over the weekend, U.S Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and British Members of Parliament Ian Lavery and James Sheridan participated in a fact-finding delegation to North Carolina fields to examine the human rights conditions in the supply chain of British and American tobacco manufacturers. This binational delegation was joined by AFL-CIO Executive Vice …
July 21, 2014- FLOC applauds the decision of the North Carolina Growers Association (NCGA) to accept the resignation of Paul Saffle, the NCGA rep who punched FLOC organizer, Oscar Sanchez in plain view of farmworkers and their employer on July 10, 2014. While Saffle’s violent act was unpardonable and his dismissal deserved, it does not …