Convention Resolution
Resolution 52: Cesar E. Chavez National Holiday
… California and a day of service and learning in its public schools, has launched a national movement calling on Congress to do the same with an official federal holiday for Cesar E. Chavez; and WHEREAS, the California victory started a wave of … would be the first time that a labor leader ever received this honor; and WHEREAS, this holiday would encourage all people to model Cesar E. Chavez’s legacy by engaging in action for workers’ rights, civil rights, environmental justice, nonviolence … WHEREAS, Cesar E. Chavez National Holiday! is a national organization based in Los Angeles that is spearheading the effort to win a national holiday and state and local holidays and is coalescing organizations, communities and individuals …