IV 
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. 
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 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
all workers deserve fair treatment and safe working con-
ditions, and honoring Dolores Huerta for her commit-
ment 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 broth-
ers and 2 sisters, in the San Joaquin Valley town of 
Stockton, California, where she was witness to her moth-
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er’s care and generosity for local, poverty-stricken farm 
worker families; 
Whereas, after earning a teaching credential from Delta Col-
lege, 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 stereo-
types by becoming a powerful and distinguished cham-
pion for farm worker families; 
Whereas, in addition to her unyielding support for farm 
workers’ rights, Dolores Huerta has been a stalwart ad-
vocate for the protection of women and children; 
Whereas, notwithstanding her intensity of spirit and her will-
ingness 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 ac-
tivist in 1955 when she founded the Stockton chapter of 
the Community Service Organization, a Latino associa-
tion based in California, and became involved in the asso-
ciation’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 
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Whereas Dolores Huerta was awarded the Eleanor D. Roo-
sevelt Human Rights Award by President Bill Clinton in 
1998: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that all workers deserve fair treatment and safe 
working conditions; and 
(2) the House of Representatives honors Dolo-
res 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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