LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Labor icon César Chávez sexually assaulted female followers as young as 12 in the 1970s, and raped United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, now 95, in 1966, according to an explosive New York Times investigation released Wednesday.
The story was published one day after the UFW and the César Chávez Foundation announced that they will abstain from honoring the late labor leader on this year’s state holiday on March 31, citing “disturbing allegations.”
The Times said its story was based on interviews with more than 60 people, including top Chavez aides at the time, and also his relatives and former members of the UFW…