[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 115 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 115


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2002

        Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress that all workers deserve fair 
treatment and safe working conditions, and honoring Dolores Huerta for 
 her commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, 
                    women, and farm worker families.

Whereas Dolores Huerta is a preeminent civil rights leader who has been fighting 
        for the rights of the underserved for more than 40 years;
Whereas Dolores Huerta was born on April 10, 1930, in Dawson, New Mexico;
Whereas Dolores Huerta was raised, along with her 2 brothers and 2 sisters, in 
        the San Joaquin Valley town of Stockton, California, where she was 
        witness to her mother's care and generosity for local, poverty-stricken 
        farm worker families;
Whereas after earning a teaching credential from Stockton College, Dolores 
        Huerta was motivated to become a public servant and community leader 
        upon seeing her students suffer from hunger and poverty;
Whereas Dolores Huerta defied cultural and gender stereotypes by becoming a 
        powerful and distinguished champion for farm worker families;
Whereas in addition to her unyielding support for farm workers' rights, Dolores 
        Huerta has been a stalwart advocate for the protection of women and 
        children;
Whereas notwithstanding her intensity of spirit and her willingness to brave 
        challenges, Dolores Huerta has always espoused peaceful, nonviolent 
        tactics to promote her ideals and achieve her goals;
Whereas Dolores Huerta established her career as a social activist in 1955 when 
        she founded the Stockton chapter of the Community Service Organization, 
        a Latino association based in California, and became involved in the 
        association's civic and educational programs;
Whereas in 1962, together with Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta founded the National 
        Farm Workers Association, a precursor to the United Farm Workers 
        Organizing Committee, which was formed in 1967;
Whereas Dolores Huerta is the proud mother of 11 children and has 14 
        grandchildren; and
Whereas Dolores Huerta was inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in 1993 for 
        her relentless dedication to farm worker issues: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That--
            (1) it is the sense of the Congress that all workers 
        deserve fair treatment and safe working conditions; and
            (2) the Congress honors Dolores Huerta for her commitment 
        to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, 
        and farm worker families.

            Passed the Senate May 21, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                  JERI THOMSON,

                                                             Secretary.