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NJ SR12
Resolution
Status
Introduced
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Nilsa Cruz-Perez
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AI Summary
- Recognizes and celebrates April 10 as Dolores Huerta's birthday through a New Jersey Senate Resolution
- Honors Huerta as co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association with César Chávez, which became the United Farm Workers' Union (UFW)
- Acknowledges her role in leading nationwide grape boycotts that contributed to passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, granting farm workers the right to unionize
- Notes Huerta originated the UFW motto "Sí se puede" ("Yes, it can be done") and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012
- Directs authenticated copies of the resolution be transmitted to Dolores Huerta and her family
Legislative Description
Recognizes and celebrates April 10 as Dolores Huerta's birthday.
Labor
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
1/13/2026
Committee Referrals
Labor1/13/2026
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