Baldemar Velasquez, FLOC | DW Gibson, 25 years after Seattle’s WTO protests

Baldemar Velasquez, President of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the history of organizing agricultural workers in America and why it’s been more difficult than any other industry. He also talked about the law that goes into effect today, Aug. 29, that will help farm workers to organize.

DW Gibson, author of One Week to Change the World, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss his book about Seattle’s 1999 World Trade Organization protests and the impact unions had on the protests.