Arturo S. Rodriguez retired as president of the United Farm Workers in 2018 after 40 years. During the last 25 years, he engaged in major successful organizing campaigns and significant political legislative gains for farm works following Cesar Chavez’s death in 1993. As UFW president emeritus, Arturo continues helping the union with key employer, retailer, and political relationships, and immigration reform. Most recently, Arturo led negotiations and lobbying with national grower associations and lawmakers from both parties for the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, letting immigrant field laborers earn legal status by continuing to work in agriculture. It passed the U.S. House with bipartisan support in 2019 and 2021.