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 - July 08 Update

Thank you for your support in writing to the Uganda Flower Export Association(UFEA) and other industry representatives. UFEA are currently engaged with our partners, the Uganda Workers Education Association and are co-operating with their attempts to work with farms to raise standards and allow unionisation. There have been improvements on farms thanks to the work of many stakeholders including NGOs, trade unions and industry actors. This work must continue. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Examples of poor labour practices which are being addressed include:

• low wages
• excessive working hours
• job insecurity
• exposure to pesticides
• sexual harrassment
• obstruction of unionisation