SACRAMENTO, Calif — California lawmakers will vote Thursday to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day in an effort to reconcile the Latino labor icon’s legacy with explosive sexual abuse allegations before the state holiday March 31. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to quickly sign the bill. The change comes after allegations became public … Read more
Lawmakers and community leaders are responding to the sexual assault allegations against the late civil rights and labor icon Cesar Chavez. Many events honoring Chavez have been canceled, and California intends to rename his eponymous holiday to “Farmworkers Day.” Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico joins “The Takeout” to discuss. Source link
Latino allies and admirers of once-celebrated civil rights leader Cesar Chavez worked swiftly to erase his name, likeness and image from memorials and honors, distancing themselves from the shocking allegations that he abused girls and women. They removed a statue at Fresno State University. They canceled or renamed marches, family celebrations and other events scheduled … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrats are facing a reckoning after casting César Chavez as a near-sacred figure of the American left for decades— honoring him in DNC statements, White House proclamations and annual public tributes — but that long-running celebration is now colliding with newly surfaced abuse allegations serious enough that … Read more
ABC has pulled Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette” just days before its Sunday premiere, a Disney Entertainment Television spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. The move comes amid reports that “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Paul and her ex, Dakota Mortensen, are involved in an ongoing domestic violence investigation. A new video … Read more
What we know about the César Chávez sexual abuse allegations – CBS News Watch CBS News More details are emerging about the allegations of abuse against the late Cesar Chavez. CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe has more. Source link
Many of the upcoming celebrations and holidays honoring the late farmworker labor leader César Chavez are being renamed, postponed or completely canceled in the wake of allegations that he sexually abused women and girls while at the helm of the United Farm Workers Union. Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta revealed this week she was among … Read more
PHOENIX — Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband marched and fasted alongside César Chavez. They helped him open a radio station in Phoenix and plastered their Mexican restaurant with photos and a mural of the widely admired Latino icon. So when Wilcox’s daughter called this week to inform them of sexual abuse allegations that were … Read more
Labor leader Dolores Huerta appeared to corroborate allegations of abuse against young women or minors by the late Cesar Chavez on Wednesday, writing in a statement that she had two non-consensual “sexual encounters” with him that ended in pregnancy. The allegations of abuse by Chavez, himself a union and civil rights leader, were first reported … Read more
Hispanic groups are canceling events over claims the late civil-rights icon abused women and girls in the 1960s and ’70s. Source link