{"id":1052330,"date":"2025-03-31T12:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052330"},"modified":"2025-04-01T12:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T16:49:22","slug":"dnc-statement-on-cesar-chavez-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-cesar-chavez-day\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>On C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday, we honor C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, whose dedication and commitment to improving the lives of farmworkers and working people across the country inspire us in the ongoing fight for the rights of all people. Chavez dedicated his life to labor law reform, ensuring workers were treated with dignity and granted essential protections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis day is also a reminder of the fight ahead. Donald Trump has continued his crusade against labor and workers, from outlawing collective bargaining for more than a million federal workers to axing National Labor Relations Board members and Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioners. We must continue to resist these regressive policies, and Democrats will continue to honor Chavez\u2019s legacy and fight for workers against these threats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe must remember the values C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez embodied and recommit ourselves to fighting for freedom, justice, and dignity for all. Our party is grounded in the values, principles, and aspirations of the working class. Democrats will continue C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s legacy by supporting workers across the nation while fighting against the Trump administration&#8217;s anti-union and anti-worker policies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: \u201cToday, we honor C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, whose dedication and commitment to improving the lives of farmworkers and working people across the country inspire us in the ongoing fight for the rights of all people. Chavez dedicated his life to labor law reform, ensuring workers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Statement on C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-cesar-chavez-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-31T16:48:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-01T16:49:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-cesar-chavez-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-cesar-chavez-day\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day - 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