Tobacco Workers to March on Reynolds’ DC Office Today

After years of public pressure from the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), Reynolds American continues to refuse to guarantee collective bargaining rights, fair wages, and decent housing in their supply chain. Today, youth members of FLOC, including teenage tobacco farmworkers from North Carolina and members of the FLOC Homies Union in Toledo will deliver over 20,000 petitions to Reynolds' Washington office, calling on the company to sign an agreement with FLOC to improve conditions for tobacco farmworkers across the Southeast. The action starts at 12:30p at the AFL-CIO, where workers will provide a brief update on the campaign, after which they’ll lead a march to Reynolds’ office.

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