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Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project

Ayuda para Trabajadores

Help us celebrate our 27th year by making a donation today – September 29th at Tanta

SAVE the Date from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., on September 29, 2026, the Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project – FLAP will have its 27th Annual Anniversary Celebration and Fundraiser at Tanta Peruvian Restaurant – located at 118 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60654.

Tickets are $150 in advance and $175 at the door.

Celebrating 27 years banner with logo

Service Areas

FLAP has a USA nationwide network.

Please contact FLAP for more information at info@flapillinois.org or 1- 888-451-3527



 

 

IL Latinx Population

Client Testimonials

  • One comes here thinking we are going to find a better life. We trust in the promises that our employers make us, but then it turns out they are false. I would never have moved forward with the case if FLAP had not stood by me every step of the way.
    Gloria
    Former Client
  • Some people might think a week’s pay that we never received is not worth a lawsuit.  That money, however, is the only source of  sustenance  that my family and I have for the next month.  FLAP understood this and helped us fight for our rights.
    Jesus
    Former Client
  • I used to think that legal rights were only for the benefit of people with money. But FLAP did not ask me for any money; all they asked for was my trust. The fact that FLAP staff spoke Spanish made me feel comfortable. Now I know that the laws are not made just for the rich and that I too can fight for my rights.
    Miguel
    Former Client
  • I like the fact that FLAP will visit us in the fields and in the nursery and see the real conditions under which we work. You taste the water we have to drink; you see the bathrooms we have to use. Seeing FLAP staff in the middle of the field under the burning sun, talking to us about our rights really made me want to trust them
    Anonymous
    Nursery Worker & Former Client

About Us

Since its founding in 1999, in partnership with more than 573 organization, FLAP has been the only non-profit organization, in the Midwest, and one of only a handful like it in the United States, that makes sure low-wage workers and their households in the cannery, farming, greenhouse, landscaping, meat, nursery, packinghouse, poultry, restaurants, and snow plowing industries who are exploited at work, and have no foreseeable way of fighting back — either because they cannot afford an attorney or, because of their classification, cannot access Federally-funded legal aid — are treated with dignity and guaranteed their human and legal rights and have access to social services, technology and financial assistance.

After 27 years of service, FLAP has achieved the following:

  • Educated more than 3.0 million low-wage people on their human and legal rights with focus on cannabis expungement, employment law, eviction law and immigration law;
  • Partnered with more than 573 organizations, including business, churches, Consulates, farms, foundations, private law firms, legal aid organizations, public libraries, other non-profit organizations and workers centers, to improve working conditions and opportunities for the low-wage communities;
  • Endorsed and sent more than 1,823 petitions and letters advocating for low-wage workers with focus on those in the food supply chain, greenhouse, landscaping, nursery and snow removal industries;
  • Distributed more than 6,110,848 of community outreach and education material with resources and information, including legal and social services, technology and financial assistance available to low-wage workers;
  • Delivered more than 367,028 “Know Your Rights” presentations;
  • Educated more than 300,000 low-wage people on cannabis expungement.
  • Provided more than 1,500 immigrations in house law services by FLAP.
  • Referred more than 5.0 million of low-wage people to private immigration attorneys and/or immigration legal aid organizations.
  • Referred more than 278,576 employment potential cases to employment legal aid organizations and private employment law firms that resulted in 4,583 employment lawsuits filed in federal and state courts. From those, FLAP filed 273 in-house employment lawsuits in federal and state courts-90% representing multiple workers as class actions or collective actions.
  • Connected to and educated more than 1.2 million of low-wage people on Eviction legal process;
  • Sent 1196 employment law demand letters. Of those, 94 are in-house employment demand letters sent on behalf of very low-wage workers and their households in the food supply chain, greenhouse, landscaping, nursery, and snow plowing industries;
  • Recovered more than $13 million dollars in back wages and damages for low-wage workers. From those FLAP in house attorneys recovered more than $5.0 million. More than $8.0 million was recovered by other law firms and legal aid organizations that FLAP partners with for referrals;
  • Distributed more than $6.9 million in financial assistance to very low-wage individuals benefiting approximately 52,873 low-wage family members specifically in the food supply chain, greenhouse, landscaping, nursery and snow removal industries. These distributions paid for low-wage families’ bills, including medical expenses;
  • During the COVID-19, FLAP secured $2,483,035 in financial assistance to very low-income individuals benefiting approximately 26,0000 low-wage family members;
  • Distributed 2,987,909 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment, of which 1,095,263 units went directly to low-wage farmworkers and 25,677 to low-wage immigrant children and youth;
  • Secured $314,984 worth of technology and educational supplies so low-wage immigrant children and youth could participate effectively in distance learning and are not behind on school. This is an opportunity, to their low-wage family members, to find online jobs that otherwise FLAP low-wage community never will have access to. In doing this, FLAP shows a strong commitment to economic empowerment and mobility;
  • Through Memorandum of Understandings with Consulates 127,373 low-wage families were informed by FLAP on how to secure “Dual Citizenship” for their low-wage immigrant children, youth and families, preventing family separations;

Areas of Focus

Would you like more information about FLAP's services?

Ask us about your rights at work. Pregúntenos sus derechos en el trabajo.

Services By County

FLAP Partners

FLAP partners with the Colombian, Ecuadorian, Guatemalan, Mexican and Salvadorian consulates along with over 553 organizations, including business, churches, Consulates, farms, foundations, law firms, legal aid organizations, public libraries, other non-profit organizations and workers centers. From those, over 500 are in the State of Illinois. If you see an opportunity for partnership signing an formal Letter of Support and/or Memorandum of Understanding to partner with FLAP, please contact us at
info@flapillinois.org or 1-888-451-3527