BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
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Adopt a Resolution Declaring March 26 Through April 1, 2023, as a Week of Public Service in Honor of C?sar Ch?vez.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt the Resolution DECLARING MARCH 26 THROUGH APRIL 1, 2023, AS A WEEK OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN HONOR OF C?SAR CH?VEZ.
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SUMMARY:
Each year, Californians celebrate the life and legacy of C?sar Ch?vez, an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers Union, [UFW]). Every year since 2014, the United States also observes March 31 as C?sar Ch?vez Day, a federal commemorative holiday.
Celebrating his legacy gives us all an opportunity to reflect upon the values that C?sar Ch?vez applied in his work: service to others, sacrifice, self-determination, non-violence, innovation, environmental protection, and community. Ch?vez and UFW achieved the following:
* The first collective bargaining agreement between farm workers and growers in the continental United States.
* The first union contracts requiring rest periods, clean drinking water, hand washing facilities, and protective clothing against pesticide exposure.
* The first ban on pesticide spraying while workers were in the fields.
* The first ban on DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) and other dangerous pesticides.
* The first and only functioning pension plan for retired farm workers.
In recognition of the life and work of C?sar Ch?vez, the Organization for Latino Affairs (OLA), a Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) Employee Resource Group, will lead activities to educate and promote his legacy among Valley Water employees.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACT:
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