TAKE ACTION!

1. The next time you buy a bouquet at your local supermarket or florist shop, tell the retailer you would like more information about conditions at their supplying plantations, and that you hope they will start sourcing from plantations with certifications like “FFP”.

2. Urge Dole to respect the basic rights of its flower workers in Colombia and to negotiate with Untraflores in good faith to resolve its conflicts at its Splendor and Fragancia plantations. (More info:www.usleap.org/Flowers/flowertemp.htm#Dolecampaign) Write to:

Ms. Sue Hagen, Vice President
Dole Food Company, Inc.
One Dole Drive, Westlake Village, CA 91362,
Tel: 818-874-4000; Fax: 818-874-4593, E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

3. Write to the largest cut flower retailers in the United States, expressing your concern about pesticide poisoning, discrimination, and labor rights violations on flower farms. Ask them to pressure their suppliers to respect labor rights and abide by occupational health and safety standards.

4. Contact your Members of Congress to encourage them to promote the inclusion of anti-discrimination clauses and enforceable labor rights mechanisms in AFTA and any other new free trade agreements, to provide better protections for women workers on flower plantations and in other sectors. Contact information for your Representative can be found at http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Action sheet produced by: International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF)