Farm Labor Organizing Committee - FLOC
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The FLOC vision emphasizes human rights as the standard and self-determination as the process for achieving these rights. We struggle for justice for those who have been marginalized and exploited for the benefit of others and we work to change the structures of society to enable workers to have a direct voice in their own conditions. FLOC has built a membership of tens of thousands of migrant far
04/30/2026
"El sacrificio de los de abajo y el privilegio para el nivel de liderazgo es lo opuesto a un movimiento real que pretende representar a los más vulnerables", dijo Baldemar Velásquez, líder del Comité Organizador del Trabajo Agrícola. Después de su conversión personal al cristianismo, Velásquez dijo que abordó su trabajo organizativo con una aguda conciencia de que el liderazgo sea el primero en sacrificarse, no el primero en sentirse con derecho.
"Estás pidiendo a la gente que tenga la autodisciplina para seguir adelante con confianza, sí, pero con humildad", dijo.
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"...sacrifice from those at the bottom and privilege for the leadership level is the opposite of a real movement that claims to represent the most vulnerable, said Baldemar Velásquez, leader of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. After his personal conversion to Christianity, Velásquez said he approached his organizing work with a keen awareness of aiming for leadership to be the first to sacrifice, not the first to feel entitled."
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1221 Broadway Street
Toledo, OH
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