BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Declaring March 30 - April 5, 2020, as a Week of Public Service in Honor of C?sar Ch?vez.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Recognize and observe March 30 - April 5, 2020, as a week of public service in honor of C?sar Ch?vez; and
B. Adopt the Resolution DECLARING MARCH 30 TO APRIL 5, 2020, AS A WEEK OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN HONOR OF CESAR CHAVEZ.
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SUMMARY:
Each year, Californians celebrate the life and work 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]). On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, California will observe the day as the official state holiday for commemorating his contributions.
Celebrating his legacy gives us all the 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 performing pension plan for retired farm workers.
In recognition of the life and work of C?sar Ch?vez, the District's Employee Resource Group, Organization for Latino Affairs (OLA) will be focused on educating and promoting his legacy to District employees by hosting an informational presentation on environmental justice and the impacts of pesticides on the farmworker community on April 2, 2020 during the lunch hour.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
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