Farmworker Groups & Issues
Agricultural Justice Projectwww.agriculturaljusticeproject.org
The
AJP is a non-profit initiative to create a fair and equitable food
system through the development of social justice standards for organic
and sustainable agriculture.
Farmworker Legal Services of New York, Inc. (FLSNY) www.flsny.org/
FLSNY
is a not-for-profit corporation providing free legal services to New
York's migrant and seasonal agricultural workers. FLSNY's lawyers and
paralegals provide a wide range of legal advocacy on behalf of farm
workers. FLSNY seeks to assure that agricultural employers and housing
providers in New York and nationwide comply with the law, that
government entities respect farm workers' civil rights, and that the
public is educated about farm worker exclusions from existing labor
laws.
Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) www.floc.com
The
Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO is both a social movement and
a labor union whose immediate constituency is migrant workers in the
agricultural industry, but is also involved with immigrant workers,
Latinos, 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 for achieving these
rights.
The Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF) www.farmworkers.org/fwafpage.html
The
Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc. (FWAF) is a membership
organization of over 6,330 farmworker families from predominately
Mexican, Haitian, Afro-American, Guatemalan and Salvadoran communities,
which was begun in 1983 and incorporated in May, 1986. The goal is to
build a strong multi-racial economically viable organization of
farmworkers in Florida empowering farmworkers to respond to and gain
control over the social, political, economic, and workplace issues that
affect their lives.
National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM) www.nfwm.org
National
Farm Worker Ministry is an interfaith organization that supports farm
workers as they organize for empowerment, justice, and equality. NFWM
began in 1920 as a ministry of charity and service, providing food,
clothing and day care to the farm workers. When United Farm Workers
founder César Chávez began organizing in the 1960's, he called on the
religious community to change its emphasis from charity to justice.
NFWM became the vehicle for people of faith to respond to that call.
Founded in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers of America is the nation's first successful and largest farm workers union currently active in 10 states. The UFW continues to organize and represent farm workers, including 27,000 farm workers who labor under union contracts at least one day out of the year.
