Worker Rights Groups Denounce Dole's Valentine's Day Mass Firings

Report Released Blasting Colombian Flower Conditions

February 2007: Worker rights groups today released Valentine’s Day Report: Worker Justice and Basic Rights on Flower Plantations in Colombia and Ecuador, finding that flower workers in the region earn poverty-level wages, labor long hours, and suffer significant health problems due to over-exposure to harmful pesticides. The release of the report follows on the heels of a mass firing on Dole's Splendor Flowers Plantation. Read the full report here or the press release here. Take Action here!