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Run Time: 34:28
This presentation is part of the Cross-Cultural Lecture Series is made possible by the Office of Institutional Diversity at the University of Toledo.
President and Founder of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), Mr. Valasquez speaks of his experiences in a labor camp while visiting North Carolina during the summer of 2008. He discusses the challenges faced by tobacco field workers as it relates to accessing health care, suffering nicotine poisoning and dealing with heat stroke.
This presentation is part of the Cross-Cultural Lecture Series is made possible by the Office of Institutional Diversity at the University of Toledo.
President and Founder of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), Mr. Valasquez speaks of his experiences in a labor camp while visiting North Carolina during the summer of 2008. He discusses the challenges faced by tobacco field workers as it relates to accessing health care, suffering nicotine poisoning and dealing with heat stroke.
