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Mission

We’re a statewide network of organizations that work to improve living and working conditions of farmworkers and poultry workers in North Carolina. Since 2003, our full members have brought workers’ voices to the legislative process. In the past, we have identified and led campaigns to improve housing conditions, pesticide safety and wages. FAN’s members, as they are able, work together to: 

  • Push for better workplace laws through education to the public, advocacy and research;
  • Support efforts of farmworkers and poultry workers to be leaders in the worker justice movement;
  • Monitor government agencies whose activities impact workers’ rights, health and wellbeing.

What makes this work? FAN holds community meetings with workers to discuss their concerns and ways in which we can work together. We collaborate with researchers to gather information on living and working conditions that can impact laws. With this collaborative approach, we combine the best research and policy recommendations with the daily lives of workers across North Carolina.

Since 2003, FAN has had several landmark accomplishments, including:

  • Improving farmworker housing conditions across the state by securing passage of amendments to the North Carolina Migrant Housing Act;
  • Supporting legislation that would reduce the risk of pesticide exposure and ensure that employers take precautions to keep workers safe;
  • Participating in vital research projects about the on-the-job dangers to worker health and safety in the agricultural and poultry industries; and
  • Raising awareness among business, faith and community groups about the need for reform.

Members

Access East

Church World Service

East Coast Migrant Head Start Project

Episcopal Farmworker Ministry

Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)

Farmworker Unit, Legal Aid of NC

NC Community Health Center Association

NC Council of Churches

NC Farmworker Health Program

NC Farmworkers Project

NC Field

NC Justice Center

NC Migrant Education Program

Piedmont Health Services

Student Action with Farmworkers

Telamon Corp.

Toxic Free NC

Triangle Friends of Farmworkers

Western NC Workers Center

FAN Allies’ Newsletter – November 2020Download
FAN Allies’ Newsletter – October 2020Download

Subscribe to FAN’s Allies’ Listserv here.

Contact

faninfo@ncfwp.org

Click here to share a confidential concern about a farmworker camp or conditions.

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