Some problems are worse in some areas than in others.
While FLOC's action against Mt. Olive will not immediately solve the problem in other places or even in other crops produced in the state, it has the potential to establish an industry standard and a precedent in the relationships between farm workers, growers and processors. Mt. Olive is the target for the boycott because it is believed that the Company has the power and influence to change the situation. At stake is the principle of giving farm workers a voice in determining conditions which profoundly affect their lives. This occurs in other sectors of the economy and it is time that farm workers be afforded the opportunity to be treated as partners in the agricultural enterprises in which their labor is indispensable. In the past, the NCCC has used its influence to bring resolution to farm labor conflicts such as the one now involving FLOC and Mt. Olive.