Sen. Menendez Introduces Cesar Chavez Resolution (click here)
March 28, 2014
Newark, NJ – U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today introduced a resolution to honor and commemorate civil rights leader César Estrada Chávez. The resolution is co-led by Majority Leader Reid and co-sponsored by Senators Boxer, Heinrich, Bennet, T. Udall, Feinstein, Leahy, M. Udall, Stabenow, Levin, Durbin, Warren, and Gillibrand.
“Cesar
Chavez’s unwavering devotion, courage and relentless determination for
the dignity and respect for all workers taught us our voice can change
the course of an entire nation,” said senator Menendez. “His
belief in the guiding principle that we must leave the world a better
place than we found it continues to resonate today as Americans, from
rural agricultural fields in New Jersey to movie screens in Hollywood,
remember one of our most important civil rights and labor leaders.”
April 2, 2012
Cesar Chavez was the organizer of the farm workers movement.(click here) He died at the age of 66 in 1993. He created the United Farm Workers.
Against all odds, he united workers in the fields of California to join a union and take on the powerful growers.
Now, on the 85th anniversary of his birth, he is being honored by the United States Department of Labor. They named their auditorium after him.
The Department also added the farmworkers movement to its Hall of Honor. This honors Americans who have the improved the life of workers....
March 22, 2013
Washington DC (click here) – U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) released the following statement today after their resolution to honor and commemorate civil rights leader César Estrada Chávez was obstructed by Senate Republicans:...
... The full legislation for 2014 can be found here (click here).
"The Farm Worker's Initiative improved lives in America's fields, and beyond" (click here)
by Miriam Pawel
Smithsonian Magazine
November 2013
...The UFW altered life in the fields of California, from banning the short-handled hoe to offering health care and pensions. The victories of the 1970s were in many ways short-lived. But Chavez’s legacy resonates far from the fields, among generations barely born when he died in 1993. Chavez himself has become a symbol—for all those Davids who tackle Goliaths and embrace the slogan, sí se puede: Yes, it can be done.
The
UFW altered life in the fields of California, from banning the
short-handled hoe to offering health care and pensions. The victories of
the 1970s were in many ways short-lived. But Chavez’s legacy resonates
far from the fields, among generations barely born when he died in 1993.
Chavez himself has become a symbol—for all those Davids who tackle
Goliaths and embrace the slogan, sí se puede: Yes, it can be done.
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The farmworker’s initiative improved lives in America’s fields, and beyond
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