There are 40,000
flower workers in Ecuador and over 100,000 in Colombia,
working to grow, harvest, and package the roses and carnations sold in the United States.
More than half of them are women who commonly face labor rights violations
including sexual harassment, pesticide-related illnesses, and forced pregnancy
testing. Proceeds from the raffle will support the legal, health and safety,
and advocacy work done through ILRF's Fairness in Flowers Campaign.

Tickets can be
purchased at unionvoice.org/laborrights/events/MothersDayRaffle.  Official raffle rules can be found at laborrights.org/node/1241.

Most Fair Trade
certified roses come from Ecuador and Kenya.
In addition to certifying compliance with labor and environmental standards,
workers receive a premium to invest in community development. More information
is available at http://transfairusa.org/content/flowers.

ILRF’s Fairness
in Flowers Campaign works to address these labor rights violations including
sexual harassment and pesticide-related illnesses for cut flower industry
workers, and to promote better and safer working conditions for them. The
campaign mainly focuses on flower workers in Colombia
and Ecuador.