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Hector Garcia, center, holds the banner as he and others chant at a rally organized by the Toledo-Based Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC).
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PHOTO GALLERY: FLOC takes part in boycott of VUSE e-cigarettes

The Blade/Katie Rausch

PHOTO GALLERY: FLOC takes part in boycott of VUSE e-cigarettes

The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) took part in a national boycott of Reynolds American Inc.’s VUSE e-cigarette brand Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The picket was part of an effort to get Reynolds American, Inc. to sign an agreement guaranteeing farmworkers union recognition. Use the left and right arrows to scroll through the gallery above.

First Published April 12, 2018, 5:54 a.m.

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Hector Garcia, center, holds the banner as he and others chant at a rally organized by the Toledo-Based Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC).  (The Blade/Katie Rausch)  Buy Image
About 50 people with the Toledo-Based Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) rally outside the 7-Eleven on Bancroft Street near the University of Toledo. The union called on 7-Eleven to stop selling VUSE e-cigarettes and associated products.  (The Blade/Katie Rausch)  Buy Image
Mateo Cuevas, 18, right, joins other supporters in chanting at a rally put on by the Toledo-Based Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) Wednesday, April 11, 2018, outside the 7-Eleven on Bancroft Street near the University of Toledo.  (The Blade/Katie Rausch)  Buy Image
FLOC organizer Ramon Perez leads chants outside the 7-Eleven on Bancroft Street near the University of Toledo.  (The Blade/Katie Rausch)  Buy Image
About 50 people with the Toledo-Based Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) rally together Wednesday, April 11, 2018, outside the 7-Eleven on Bancroft Street near the University of Toledo. The union has been attempting for the past decade to force Reynolds American, Inc., the makers of VUSE e-cigarettes, to sign an agreement guaranteeing their farmworkers union recognition.  (The Blade/Katie Rausch)  Buy Image
Father Tony Gallagher, center, leads prayer as FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez, right, bows his head at a rally organized by the Toledo-Based Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC).  (The Blade/Katie Rausch)  Buy Image
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