The Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, (FLOC) is both a social movement and a labor union. Our immediate constituency is migrant workers in the agricultural industry, but we are also involved with immigrant workers, Latinos, our local communities, and national and international coalitions concerned with justice.
The FLOC vision emphasizes human rights as the standard and self-determination as the process. We struggle for full justice for those who have been marginalized and exploited for the benefit of others, and we have sought to change the structures of society to enable these people a direct voice in their own conditions.
Baldemar Velásquez, the founder and President of FLOC, has been the driving force behind this vision. We have been blessed with the creativity, commitment, and sacrifices of Baldemar and other leaders who have taken us through the ups and downs of the movement.
We have also been blessed with the courage and dedication of migrant workers who have stood up for their own rights in the face of intimidation and even violence. Ultimately, the movement is about our own community.
Critical to the past and future successes of the FLOC movement is the support networks throughout our society. Churches, unions, community groups, and millions of people like you have stood with us when it counted. You carried the struggle into your own communities, and boycotted products, raised funds to cover our basic costs, and pressured corporations and politicians to recognize the rights of migrant and immigrant workers. This support tipped the balance of power in changing the structures of society for justice.
Tags: Economic Justice Human Rights/Torture immigrant rights Immigration/Refugees Labor & Worker Rights migrant workers
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