
FLAP is an ideal choice for
Cy Pres
If you are involved in a class action case settlement and are designating a cy pres for the residual funds, please consider FLAP as a cy pres recipient. FLAP will use the award to provide Community Outreach and Education improving low-income working conditions in Illinois having a significant effect on the lives of low-income Illinois residents.

Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project
FLAP is the only non-profit organization in the Midwest, and one of only a handful in the United States, that makes sure low-income workers are treated with dignity, and guaranteed their legal rights. Learn more about FLAP:

FLAP's Mission:
The Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project-Proyecto de Ayuda para Trabajadores del Campo y Jardineros-FLAP's mission is to improve working conditions and opportunities for low-income workers and their households in the cannery, farming, greenhouse, landscaping, meat, nursery, packinghouse, poultry, restaurants, and snow plowing industries.
The organization carries out its mission through advocacy, community outreach and education, litigation, community legal education, information and referrals, partnering with other organizations to fight human labor trafficking, preventing family separations by helping immigrants secure dual citizenship for their children and facilitating access to cash transfers to very low-income populations. FLAP provides these services free of charge and without regard to immigration status.
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Service Areas
FLAP covers the State of Illinois.
We have recovered almost 5.0 million dollars in back wages and illegal deductions. Please contact us for more information: info@
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 ClientSome 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 ClientI 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 ClientI 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, FLAP has been the only non-profit organization in Illinois, in the Midwest, and one of only a handful like it in the United States, that makes sure low-income workers 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 legal rights.
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.
Our Services
Would you like more information about FLAP's services?
Ask us about your rights at work. Pregúntenos sus derechos en el trabajo.
Our Partners
FLAP partners with over 200 organizations in Illinois, including consulates, foundations, law firms, public libraries, Churches, and non-profits. If you see an opportunity to partner with us, please contact FLAP at info@flapillinois.org or 1-888-451-3527