C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez Day, 2022

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2022)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 19347-19348] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2022-07134] [[Page 19345]] Vol. 87 Friday, No. 63 April 1, 2022 Part VI The President ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Proclamation 10354--C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez Day, 2022 Proclamation 10355--Transgender Day of Visibility, 2022 Proclamation 10356--Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 63 / Friday, April 1, 2022 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 19347]] Proclamation 10354 of March 30, 2022 C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez Day, 2022 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Today we celebrate the life and legacy of C[eacute]sar Estrada Ch[aacute]vez, a champion for social justice and advocate for hardworking people who build and sustain our Nation. Born into poverty and raised by migrant workers, Ch[aacute]vez courageously dedicated his life to improving conditions for workers across the country. Ch[aacute]vez witnessed firsthand the inequities of an economy that only served those at the top and left millions of hardworking Americans behind. Today, as we continue to build an economy from the bottom up and the middle out and that rewards work and not just wealth, we stand on the shoulders of C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez and carry forward his fight to advance the rights and dignity of working people and fulfill the promise of America for all Americans. When C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez founded the United Farm Workers of America alongside Dolores Huerta, he drew national attention to the many agricultural workers who experience inhumane working conditions and unlivable wages. Through strikes, marches, and boycotts, he inspired millions of people across the country to fight for safe and healthy workplaces, better wages, improved workplace protections from sickness and disability, and other core rights and protections. In the process, Ch[aacute]vez inspired generations of people across all backgrounds, ages, and industries to organize, bargain, and expand opportunity for workers and their families. His devotion to ``La Causa'' brought hope to workers and Latinos across the Nation-- and his fight for justice, equality, and dignity gave workers and Latinos everywhere a voice. Today, we must summon the same courage and moral clarity to carry his legacy forward so that everyone has a fair shot at the American dream. That is why my Administration continues to urge the Congress to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act--so farmworkers can bargain collectively, obtain legal status, and have better working conditions. It is why I fought hard to pass the American Rescue Plan early in my Administration to ensure Latino workers, families, and small businesses had the protections and financial support they needed to pay rent and put food on their table. It is why I appointed Marty Walsh, a former union leader, to lead the Department of Labor--because he understands how union workers hold this country together. It is why my Administration created an historic Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment--because I believe in empowering workers to organize and providing those that put food on our table an earned pathway to citizenship. As our Nation celebrates C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez's 95th birthday, let us keep the lessons he taught in our minds and the values he lived by in our hearts: the power of workers to bargain for a better deal, strength in the face of extraordinary adversity, and the conviction to fight for what we believe in. When I became President, I proudly placed a bust of C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez in the Oval Office--a constant reminder of the enduring values he embodied, the vision of freedom he fought for, and his commitment to social justice and equal dignity that we must uphold each and every day. [[Page 19348]] NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2022, as C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez Day. I call upon all Americans to observe this day as a day of service and learning, with appropriate service, community, and education programs to honor C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez's enduring legacy. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty- sixth. (Presidential Sig.) [FR Doc. 2022-07134 Filed 3-31-22; 11:15 am] Billing code 3395-F2-P