Cesar Chavez.
Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist (1927–1993)
Lawsuit Accuses Cesar Chavez of Raping Woman at UFW Compound
Five civil lawsuits filed in Kern County allege that Cesar Chavez raped women in the 1970s at UFW compounds such as La Paz, with plaintiffs accusing the Chavez Foundation and the UFW Foundation of covering up or enabling the abuse. The suits, prompted by a New York Times investigation, name Chavez’s affiliated organizations and seek damages for negligence and civil rights violations, noting that Chavez died in 1993.
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About Cesar Chavez
Cesario Estrada "Cesar" Chavez was an American labor unionist and political activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Ideologically, his worldview combined leftist approaches with Catholic social teaching.
Everything about Cesar Chavez →- Occupation
- trade unionist, laborer, politician, human rights defender
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 31, 1927
- Died
- April 23, 1993