Kenyan and Columbian cut flower workers and the no win, no fee compensation claim need
As consumers and workers living in the UK, we are fortunate to know that if we suffer injury or illness as a result of accident, or exposure to some noxious substance, we have recourse to making a no win, no fee compensation claim.
Others, however, are not so lucky. Let's take the example of flower cutters working in Columbia and Kenya, two of the world's top cut flower exporters.
As it stands, around 70% of all flowers bought in the UK are sold by supermarkets. The UK is the largest floral importer in the world, supporting an industry worth £2.2 billion, and a vast number of these flowers come from developing countries like Columbia and Kenya where workers have only limited rights.
Charity War on Want, an organisation committed to fighting global poverty, believes that UK consumers should do more to educate themselves about the pesticide and repetitive strain-related hazards facing flower workers in these countries.
They cite the science which shows us that flower cutters and flower pickers in Kenya and Columbia are beset by work-related injuries and illnesses such as RSI, asthma and dermatitis. There is also considerable evidence indicating that female flower workers have an unusually high incidence of miscarriage. Birth injuries and birth defects in the children of flower workers is another pressing concern.
Instead of calling for a boycott of Columbian and Kenyan flowers, something that would ultimately leave workers out of pocket, War on Want are calling on the UK government to enact binding legislation which would enable affected workers from these countries to make no win, no fee compensation claims within the UK.
War on Want's chief executive comments, "Mothers in Colombia and Kenya are paying a dreadful price for growing the flowers many of us will buy for Mothers Day. British supermarkets make huge profits, but fail to ensure decent pay and conditions for these workers. Now the UK government must act to right these terrible wrongs."
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