Background- FLOC RT
Background and History FLOC Reynolds Tobacco Campaign R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States, manu... Read More »
Take Action- FLOC RT
Take Action! FLOC Reynolds Tobacco Campaign Send a letter to Reynolds American CEO Susan Ivey, asking her to meet with the Farm Labor Organizing Commi... Read More »
Tags: FLOC, JP Morgan Chase, North Carolina, Reynolds
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Farm Worker Conditions in California
California is by far the state with the largest number of farm workers in the U.S. who perform a variety of jobs on the state's over 80,000 farms. Exa... Read More »
Tags: California, Heat, United Farm Workers, working conditions
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2009 FWA in Florida
This year's Farm Worker Awareness Week was a success! Young people in Florida worked hard to honor farm workers, support farm worker campaigns and bri... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, DREAM Act, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, Florida
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Poem by Matthew Garcia
Poem by Matthew Garcia Ignorance is Bliss Is a myth. See when I walk into the store and I buy groceries or go through a drive thru I don't see the fac... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers
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Slave of Hopes / Tomatoes
Slave of Hopes America sets me free, I bend and left my dreams, Each morning before the sun rises. The room full of empty dreams, The elders’ skin w... Read More »
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FWA 2009 in Orlando and Winter Park, Florida
Young people from Orlando and Winter Park, Florida planned and participated in several events for Farm Worker Awareness Week 2009. Here is a short rep... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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2009 FWA in Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville celebrated Farm Worker Awareness Week with various events that were put together by YAYA's local support group. This group is a coalition ... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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2009 YAYA Alternative Spring Break
From March 7 to the 14, 2009, thirteen University of Florida (UF) students participated in YAYA's 2009 North Carolina Alternative Spring Break. This w... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, Florida, North Carolina
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Potentially harmful appointee steps down after successful email campaign
In February of this year, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Sharon Runner to head the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) in California. ... Read More »
Tags: California, United Farm Workers
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