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  • From: sleepisrong <destroyindustry AT gmail.com>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: april 15th benefit for FLOC durham @marvell w/savage knights, jbully,
  • Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:03:24 -0700 (PDT)

thursday APRIL 15th 2010:

FARM LABOR ORGANIZING COMMITEE [floc] benefit concert
http://www.floc.com
..helping w/their campaign against RJ Reynolds Corporation..
http://supportfloc.org/ReynoldsAmericanCampaign.aspx

ALLAges

doors7pm
show8pm

FREE - suggested $6? donation..

@ the MARVELL EVENT CENTER
119 w main st durham, nc 919 688 0975
http://www.myspace.com/MarVellEventCenter

w/SACRIFICIAL POETS http://www.youtube.com/sacrificialpoets
J. BULLY http://www.myspace.com/bullycity
RAH-1 http://www.myspace.com/dreams2lifeent
& SAVAGE KNIGHTS http://www.reverbnation.com/savageknights

& also FLOC speakers about their work & campaign, One Time Design
breakdance crew & more?..

also w/tabling from FLOC, Raleigh Anarchist Solidarity Collective &
DestroyIndustrY
http://groups.google.com/group/R_A_S_C
http://www.myspace.com/DestroyIndustrYzine

FLOC:
FLOC began in the mid-1960s, when Baldemar Vel=E1squez convinced a small
group of migrant farmworkers in northwest Ohio to come together for
their common good.
Initial successes generated strong reactions in the agricultural
industry, which has been structured to benefit those at the top, while
exploiting those who labor at the bottom.
It took several years for FLOC to build a base among farmworkers in
the area.
Since then, FLOC has built a membership of tens of thousands of
migrant farmworkers by incorporating two key principles:

1. Farmworkers need a voice in the decisions that affect them:
allowing workers to form a union and collectively bargain with their
employer is the only way to address the huge imbalance of power and
provide an effective structure for self-determination.

2. Bring all parties to the table to address industry wide problems:
Multi-national corporations have created a supply system that enriches
its executives at the expense of those who work in the fields.
These corporations have the wealth and power to change the harsh
realities that many farmworkers face.
FLOC seeks a structure where all those in the system work together to
solve problems: corporations, growers, and farmworkers.
Historically, this is the only solution that has made a real
difference in farmworkers' conditions and lives.

REYNOLDS CAMPAIGN:
Big tobacco companies are among the richest parties in American
agriculture.
They have constructed a supply system that benefits themselves, at the
expense of those who produce their leaf products.
This includes both farmers and farmworkers.
There are only a few large companies that purchase NC tobacco and they
use their power to set the terms and prices for the farmers who grow
their tobacco.
These terms and prices directly affect the earnings and working
conditions of field workers.
With their wealth and industry power, companies like RJ Reynolds could
be part of the solution, but have instead attempted to hold themselves
out to the public as passive purchasers of tobacco.

FLOC has continuously called on Reynolds CEO, Susan Ivey to meet with
representatives of the farmworkers her company relies on for its raw
product.
Instead of using resources to fix the problems in their supply chain,
Reynolds executives have chosen to ignore this exploited workforce,
while spreading mis-information about FLOC.



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