MENDOCINO Co., 3/31/22 — March 31 is César Chávez Day, recognizing the birthday of the farm workers’ rights activist and cofounder, with Dolores Huerta, of the United Farm Workers union. The day has been celebrated in California since 1995, and was also declared a federal holiday in 2014.
California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation for the holiday, which notes that “Chavez challenged Americans to recognize that the produce on their dinner tables was picked by human hands – often the hands of people who were denied the most basic human rights,” leading to regulation making California the first state to give farmworkers the right to engage in collective bargaining. “Let us carry on his timeless legacy by lifting up our neighbors, speaking out against injustice, and working together to extend the dream of prosperity, equity and progress to all,” the proclamation concludes.
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