Collaboration
FLAP partners with more than 573 organizations and works closely with the legal aid community to deliver legal resources to low-wage workers.
Cy Pres
FLAP is an ideal cy pres recipient.
Class action settlement attorneys: directing cy pres awards to FLAP funds free legal services and outreach for the workers our system was built to leave out.
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 working conditions for low-wage workers across the country.
While it is ultimately up to the courts to determine whether a cy pres award is appropriate, attorneys for the plaintiff and defense can each play an important role in directing cy pres awards to FLAP.
Mission
To improve working conditions and opportunities for low-wage 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-wage populations.
FLAP provides these services free of charge and without regard to immigration status.
Why FLAP
What makes us cy pres-eligible.
Expertise
FLAP has been improving working conditions for low-wage workers for more than 27 years.
Area of Service
FLAP is eligible to receive cy pres awards because we promote equal access to justice for disadvantaged low-wage workers across the country.
Population we serve
Our clients share something in common with the members of class action lawsuits — they are Latine low-wage workers facing systemic violations.
What workers face
The violations cy pres awards help us fight.
- Human labor trafficking
- Nonpayment of wages (“wage theft”)
- Denial of overtime wage rates
- Illegal pesticide exposure
- Hazardous housing
- Unsanitary working conditions
- Illegal deductions from wages (visa, travel, housing, equipment, uniform)
- Discrimination
- Injuries at work
- Communities affected by COVID-19
About cy pres
How cy pres awards work.
The term cy pres comes from the French phrase “cy pres comme possible” — “as near as possible.” The doctrine is often applied in class action cases where full restitution to all injured parties is impossible or infeasible, resulting in residual funds.
Under cy pres, courts can approve a charitable donation out of unclaimed class action funds. Designating a cy pres recipient prevents a windfall to the defendant while serving to deter future violations. Court settlement awards occur when the court approves a settlement that requires one of the parties to make a specified contribution to a charity.
Cy pres awards have been used to fund important legal services all over the country. In addition to special projects, cy pres awards are often used to fund operational costs for legal aid organizations and nonprofits like FLAP — allowing them to continue providing vital services in their communities.
Get in touch
Direct an award to FLAP.
For further information, please contact our Chief Executive Officer, Alexandra Sossa.
With gratitude