[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 787 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 787

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2006

Ms. Solis submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


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

Whereas Dolores Huerta is a preeminent civil rights leader who has been fighting 
        for the rights of workers, women, and children 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 Delta 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 5 great-grandchildren;
Whereas Dolores Huerta was inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in 1993 for 
        her relentless dedication to farm worker issues; and
Whereas Dolores Huerta was awarded the Eleanor D. Roosevelt Human Rights Award 
        by President Bill Clinton in 1998: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
        all workers deserve fair treatment and safe working conditions; 
        and
            (2) the House of Representatives honors Dolores Huerta for 
        her commitment to the improvement of working conditions for 
        farm worker families and the rights of women and children.
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