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California to rename Cesar Chavez Day after sex abuse claims

California to rename Cesar Chavez Day after sex abuse claims

Lawmakers in California said Thursday they will rename the Cesar Chavez Day state holiday in the wake of disturbing allegations of sexual abuse by the late labor rights icon. The development comes as the workers movement Chavez founded reels from a bombshell New York Times investigation detailing child abuse, harassment

Cesar Chavez, icon of US labor movement, accused of serial sex abuse: report

Cesar Chavez, icon of US labor movement, accused of serial sex abuse: report

US civil rights icon Cesar Chavez, whose decades of campaigning brought lasting changes to workers' rights, is accused of being a serial rapist who abused children and harassed women in the movement he led, a bombshell New York Times investigation said Wednesday. Over the years in which the charismatic