[ [link removed] ]Rob Bonta





Today is May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, around the
world. In addition to the federal Labor Day holiday we observe on the
first Monday in September, this is a day to celebrate, honor, and uplift
workers and the labor movement’s ongoing fight for the rights and dignity
we all deserve.

The American Federation of Labor officially declared International
Workers’ Day to mark a general strike across the U.S. in 1886. But in the
days following, the deadly Haymarket massacre took place in Chicago when
striking workers rallied for an eight-hour workday. Unfortunately, some
were killed and many injured after a bomb was thrown and police opened
fire, but workers kept up the fight with annual demonstrations all over
the world.

Ultimately, U.S. workers won the eight-hour work day, the 40-hour work
week, a minimum wage, child labor laws, health and safety protections,
benefits, and more. These labor rights didn’t come quickly or easily, but
with generations of organizers' hard work and determination.

Like Cesar Chavez Day and Labor Day, this holiday holds special meaning
for me as I look back on my family’s relationship with the labor movement
and the values my childhood instilled in me that led me to pursue a path
of public service.

Fighting for workers’ rights, advocating for hardworking families, and
standing up for unions is in my blood. It’s how I was raised: some of my
earliest memories were formed in a modest trailer in La Paz, a little town
in the Tehachapi Mountains and the headquarters of the United Farmworkers
of America.

My parents were recruited to help Filipino and Latino farmworkers advocate
for better wages and working conditions, alongside iconic labor leaders
Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Philip Vera Cruz.

[ [link removed] ]Old photos of Rob with Cesar Chavez

Everyone was there because of the mission, to fight for the rights and
lives each of us deserves.

Though we’ve come a long way and achieved many wins for workers throughout
history, we can’t give up or become complacent as right-wing and corporate
interests try to undo decades of progress by attacking unions, relaxing
child labor laws, and blocking a higher federal minimum wage.

The labor movement is a never-ending fight, and I am proud to stand with
you as we keep it up.

In solidarity,

Rob

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