Wisconsin Cesar Chavez Day events canceled after allegations surface

Cesar Chavez Day events planned for later this month in Wisconsin are being canceled, postponed or renamed after alleged sexual abuse allegations about the famed labor leader surfaced this week.

A New York Times investigation revealed several women reported Chavez sexually abused them for years when they were girls and he was in his 40s. At the time, he had become a global champion of farmers rights.

Chavez died in 1993 at the age of 66…

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