Making the UFW a national leader for immigration reform, including negotiating the first agricultural immigration reform bill in more than 30 years to pass the U.S.Winning landmark legislative and regulatory victories for all California farm workers, from the historic law granting field workers overtime pay after eight hours a day to the first state regulations in the nation preventing deaths and illnesses from extreme heat.Arturo built a solid leadership team for the future. Rodríguez selflessly dedicated 45 of those years to the cause, 25 of them as president after Cesar Chavez’s passing in 1993.
For nearly 60 years the UFW has worked to improve farm worker lives across California and the nation. Rodríguez for a life time of achievements. Event to be held at the Historic Millennium Biltmore in Los Angeles on December 9, 2021.
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