Dolores

César Chavez and Dolores Huerta led a movement that won better wages and conditions for farmworkers

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Dolores Huerta and the late César Chavez are both labor rights icons credited with leading a movement that pushed growers to negotiate for better wages and working conditions for farmworkers. Their legacies are getting new attention after allegations emerged that Chavez, who died in 1993, sexually abused Huerta and other women and girls. Several celebrations … Read more

Labor leader Dolores Huerta says she was assaulted by Cesar Chavez as allegations of abuse emerge

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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