Worker Rights Groups Denounce Valentine's Day Mass Firings

Report Released Exposing Poor Working Conditions on Flower Plantations

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!

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