Campaigns

Flower Campaign

Who sent you those flowers?!

Women workers on flower farms in East Africa and other parts of the world are forced to work overtime, not given a contract, not paid a living wage, exposed to dangerous chemicals, and fired if they complain in order to meet the demand for flowers in European countries.

Retailers in the UK have to take responsibility for workers in their supply chain!

Don't accept it! It's your RIGHT as a consumer to have an ethical product!

Don't boycott, but instead write to your supermarket or florist to demand they change the way they buy flowers from East Africa and protect workers' rights. We don't want unethical flowers!

WRITE TO YOUR SUPERMARKETS AND FLORISTS NOW

Support Ugandan Flower Unions

Support Ugandan flower workers by downloading this letter and adding your name and address and either emailing or posting it back to WWW (address below).

Our Ugandan partners, Uganda Workers Education Association, have been promoting unionisation on flower farms in Ugandan and are calling on consumers and activists in the UK to write to the Ugandan Flower Export Association to urge them to co-operate and work with unions representing flower workers.

The situation for women workers on Ugandan flower farms is dire. Examples of poor labour practices include: