[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07134]
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Vol. 87
Friday,
No. 63
April 1, 2022
Part VI
The President
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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
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Title 3--
The President
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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.
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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.
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