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FLOC
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Founded1967
HeadquartersToledo, Ohio
Location
  • United States
Members
23,300
Key people
Baldemar Velasquez
AffiliationsAFL–CIO
Websitewww.floc.com

The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) is a labor union representing migrant farm workers in the Midwestern United States and North Carolina.

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