Workers at plant nurseries in Homestead who spend countless hours in the sweltering summer sun are calling for powerful growers and major retailers to do what legislators failed to do — guarantee safe working conditions.
Their new campaign asks growers and retailers to sign a legally binding contract that would require employers to provide water, rest and shade, follow a code of conduct, offer paid sick days, among other protections. They’re calling it Planting Justice.
Florida is the nation’s top producer of indoor houseplants and tropical foliage, with Miami-Dade County at the center of the industry. More than 1,500 plant nurseries in the area supply buyers across the country, fueling a multibillion-dollar business.
But working conditions in nurseries have become a “largely invisible human-rights crisis” according to a new report and survey done by the worker justice non-profit WeCount, and the national non-profit organizations Dēmos and Partners for Dignity and Rights. #homestead #miami #dade #florida #nursey #workers #heat #protection
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