Farm Labor Organizing Committee FLOC, AFL-CIO

...called upon to challenge the deplorable conditions of the broader workforce that remains voiceless, powerless, and invisible to mainstream America...

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Eye-Witness to the Cruel Conditions in Tobacco Farm Labor Camps

 

Fear is Biggest Obstacle, Says Farmworkers’ Union

 

Farmworkers take plea to government

 

Rights of Tobacco Farm Workers Go Up in Smoke in North Carolina

 

Power of Politics Blog by Oxfam

 

Justin Flores and Russell Bannan on the Mario Solis-Marich Radio Show

 

NC tobacco workers face below-minimum wages and abusive working and living conditions

 

FLOC, family seek justice in 2007 death

 

Gremio de EU denunciará al Estado mexicano por asesinato de activista

 

Marcha nacional e investigación ratifican malas condiciones y abusos de trabajadores agrícolas

 

Campesinos ¡de pie!

 

Reynolds' farm worker concessions show evolution of handling conflict

 

FLOC Organizer Justin Flores on the Rick Smith radio show

 

Group protests inhumane labor conditions

 

Mala vida en el campo

 

 Study: Tobacco workers face brutal conditions in tobacco fields

 

Unions use tobacco company AGM to organize global supply chain

 

Unions raise exploitation of American tobacco workers at BAT London AGM

 

Hundreds Demand Chase Respect Human Rights

 

Dozens Picket Mexican Consulate in Raleigh

 

At Nationwide Protests FLOC and Coalition Deliver the Message: JP Morgan Chase--Morally Bankrupt

 

Velasquez represents US-American farmworkers in historic global labor code negotiations in Geneva

 

FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez Inducted into OH Civil Rights Hall of Fame

 

UAW Launches Protest of Chase Over Foreclosures, RJ Reynolds Ties

 

 

UAW says could use GM IPO to pressure Chase

September 24, 2010. Reuters. 

 

"Migajas:" El Pago a los trabajadores agricolas

September 22, 2010. La Conexion

 

Farmworkers launch divestment campaign against JPMorgan Chase

September 16, 2010. Facing South.

 

Undocumented immigrants protest "tax and deport" policy

August 27, 2010. News & Record

 

Social Forum Focuses on Workers' Issues

June 28, 2010. AFL-CIO Now Blog News.

 

 

Workers Demand Chase Stop Michigan Foreclosures

June 29, 2010. People's World

 

FLOC Confronts JPMorgan Chase on way to Detroit Forum

June 22, 2010. La Prensa

 

Farm Labor Violators Facing New Scrutiny

June 10, 2010. Toledo Blade

 

Farm workers' union protests Reynolds' labor practices for third straight year

May 12, 2010, Yes! Weekly

 

Rallying for Rights

May 21, 2010. Oxfam America

 

 A day's walk from Tobaccoville 

June 4, 2010. Oxfam America

 

FLOC Meeting Shines Light on Discrimination

April 18, 2010, Toledo Blade

 

Fighting for Farmworkers' Rights for More Than 40 Years

January 10, 2010. Ground Report

 

Lawsuit alleges racial profiling by U.S. Border Patrol, et al.

December 10, 2009. La Prensa

 

Workers Without Borders

March 9, 2009. The New York Times, Jennifer Gordon

 

Baldemar Velasquez writes to President Obama on Guest Worker Program

February 3, 2009. In response to the exploitive lame-duck rules for "guest workers" implemented by the Bush administration before he left office, Baldemar Velásquez wrote President Obama to address the Guest Worker program.

 

Labor Secretary Proposes Suspending Farm Rules

March 13, 2009. The New York Times, Steven Greenhouse

 

FLOC Protests Proposed H2A Rules

March 20, 2008 FLOC Letter to Thomas Dowd, Office of Policy Development and Reserach

 

FLOC works to put immigrants back on the map

December 10, 2008. Toledo City Paper

 

FLOC Denounces New Crackdown on Immigrants

August 22, 2007. FLOC publication

 

Unions Fight Against Abuse of Migrant Laborers

June 11, 2007. The Christian Science Monitor, Sara Miller Llana

 

Graft Mars the Recruitment of Mexican Guest Workers

May 24, 2007. The New York Times, Elisabeth Malkin

 

Voices of a New Movimiento

June 1, 2006. The Nation, Roberto Lovato

 

FLOC Challenges Congressman Gillmor At Town Hall Meeting

August 30, 2006. FLOC Press Release.