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Former volunteer sues César Chavez nonprofits over failing to stop union leader from sexual abuse
Headline from WHEC Rochester
One of the organizers who says she was sexually abused by Latino labor leader César Chavez decades ago has sued nonprofits tied to him. A complaint was filed last week in Southern California. It is the first step to a lawsuit since the explosive allegations surrounding Chavez in March.
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A longtime volunteer with the United Farm Workers claims in a new lawsuit that Cesar Chavez, the civil rights leader, raped her one night in the 1970s at the union's headquarters in central California.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – A new lawsuit accused civil rights icon Cesar Chavez of sexual assault and claims the union he spearheaded help cover up the crime. The lawsuit revolves around an 86-year-old woman named only as Jane Doe suing the Cesar Chavez Foundation, the late labor leader’s estate a…
A lawsuit filed against a pair of nonprofits affiliated with the United Farm Workers and the César Chávez family alleges the organizations failed to protect women from the labor leader and accuses him of a sexual assault in 1973.
One of the organizers who says she was sexually abused by Latino labor leader César Chavez decades ago has sued nonprofits tied to him. A complaint was filed last week in Southern California. It is the first step to a lawsuit since the explosive allegations surrounding Chavez in March.
