[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 19347-19348]
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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