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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

With your donations, we have achieved the following:

Educated more than 1.5 million low-income Latine workers on their legal rights
Partnered with more than 400 organizations, including Consulates, law firms, churches, foundations and other non-profit organizations, to improve working conditions in Illinois
FLAP has endorsed and sent more than 275 petitions and letters advocating for low-income workers
Distributed more than 4 million of community outreach and education material with resources and legal information available to low-income workers regardless of their immigration status
Delivered more than 115,000 “Know Your Rights” presentations
Filed 240 lawsuits in federal and state courts – 90% representing multiple workers
Sent 89 demand letters in the name of very low-income workers and their households in the: cannery, farms, greenhouse, landscaping, meat, nursery, packinghouse, poultry, restaurants and snow plowing industries
Recovered almost 5.0 million dollars in back wages and damages for the workers
During the COVID-19, FLAP has secured $2,483,035 in financial assistance to very low-income Latinx individuals benefiting approximately 26,000 family members.
Almost 3 million pieces of Personnel Protective Equipment has been distributed. Of those more than 1 million went directly to Illinois’ Farmworkers and more than 25,000 to immigrant children
The organization secured $111,967 worth of technology and educational supplies so Latinx immigrant children could participate effectively in distance learning.