To: Edwin Holman, Kangaroo Express Chairman of the Board
Kangaroo Express: Support Tobacco Farm Workers
Tobacco farm workers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect as well as have a way to grieve problems on the job without fear of retaliation.
I applaud your company’s efforts to encourage Reynolds American to meet with workers and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), but I think you can do more. As a consumer, I know you have the power to ensure that Reynolds works with FLOC to develop a written agreement that guarantees freedom of association and collective bargaining to tobacco farm works.
I ask that you visit the fields of North Carolina this fall with FLOC, so you can see first-hand the abuses that occur in the fields of North Carolina and support farm workers in their fight to gain a voice on the job.
I applaud your company’s efforts to encourage Reynolds American to meet with workers and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), but I think you can do more. As a consumer, I know you have the power to ensure that Reynolds works with FLOC to develop a written agreement that guarantees freedom of association and collective bargaining to tobacco farm works.
I ask that you visit the fields of North Carolina this fall with FLOC, so you can see first-hand the abuses that occur in the fields of North Carolina and support farm workers in their fight to gain a voice on the job.
Why is this important?
The situation for tobacco farm workers in North Carolina is dire. Many farm workers often live in labor camps with deplorable conditions, suffer from nicotine poisoning and exposure to dangerous pesticides, and work long hours for below poverty wages.
Workers aren’t taking this sitting down though. They are organizing to improve working conditions and demand respect on the job even in the face of threats and firings.
Sign our petition to call on Kangaroo Express COB Edwin Holman to visit the fields in North Carolina, talk to farm workers and support their fight for a voice on the job to improve working conditions.
Workers aren’t taking this sitting down though. They are organizing to improve working conditions and demand respect on the job even in the face of threats and firings.
Sign our petition to call on Kangaroo Express COB Edwin Holman to visit the fields in North Carolina, talk to farm workers and support their fight for a voice on the job to improve working conditions.