Governor Hobbs signs Farmworkers Day proclamation

PHOENIX, Ariz. (KYMA) - Governor Katie Hobbs has proclaimed August 22 as Farmworkers Day in Arizona, marking 60 years since the organization that became the United Farm Workers was founded.

The significance of the date traces back to Aug. 22, 1966, when the National Farm Workers Association and Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee joined to create the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, according to the proclamation. It was later renamed the United Farm Workers of America.

Both groups organized agricultural workers and advocated for better pay and working conditions.

In the proclamation Gov. Hobbs recognized the work farmworkers do across Arizona, including right here in Yuma County, one of the nation’s major producers of winter leafy greens.

The proclamation also notes decades of farmworker marches, boycotts and other organizing efforts for better pay, safer working conditions and the right to organize.

Gov. Hobbs signed the proclamation August 21, officially designating August 22, 2026, as Farmworkers Day in Arizona.