[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 37 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 37

 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

                            January 5, 2007

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

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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 Dolores Huerta is the proud mother of 11 children as well as many 
        grandchildren and great-grandchildren;
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 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 was inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in 1993 for 
        her relentless dedication to farm worker issues;
Whereas Dolores Huerta was awarded the Eleanor D. Roosevelt Human Rights Award 
        by President Bill Clinton in 1998;
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; and
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: 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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