A meeting between tobacco companies, growers and workers to discuss the freedom of association — or workers' right to organize — appears to be in the making after several years of urging by the AFL-CIO union. The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) of the union announced that a committee has been formed between the three groups that will work toward setting a meeting to discuss "the issue of freedom of association without fear of retaliation, wages, housing and forced labor, among other supply chain inequities." The committee responsible for setting the meeting will include representatives from FLOC, the N.C. Growers Association,...Reynolds American Inc., and Philip Morris USA and U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, both owned by Altria Group Inc.