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Governments, producers and trade need to respect and protect rights of flower workers

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Brussels/Cologne/Münster/Prague/Vienna, April, 28th, 2010. On occasion of the International Labour Day, the European campaign "fair flowers - for human rights" demands governments and flower producers and traders to respect and protect workers' rights in the flower industry.

Mainly the rights to organise and to collective bargaining and the right to occupational health and safety are violated by the flower farms. Many governments in developing countries do not implement the conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and thus do not protect workers adequately against exploitative working conditions. The members of the campaign "fair flowers - for human rights" therefore ask governments of flower producing countries to implement the core labour conventions and the convention on occupational health and safety (no. 110) of the ILO.

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More info: www.flowers-for-human-rights.org