Cesar Chavez, United Farm Workers
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Mayor Karen Bass said she grew up admiring Cesar Chavez and the farm workers' movement and was hurt when she found out about the allegations.
The organization that sprang from the grape fields found a home in the halls of power, in Sacramento and beyond.
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California renames César Chávez Day to Farmworkers Day amid abuse allegations
LA officials as well as California legislative leaders are renaming César Chávez Day to Farmworkers Day following sexual assault allegations against the late labor leader.
Los Angeles will replace Cesar Chavez Day with Farm Workers Day following abuse allegations against the civil rights icon
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Mayor Karen Bass Signs Proclamation Renaming City’s Chávez Holiday `Farm Workers Day’
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Thursday signed a proclamation renaming the city’s Cesar Chávez Day holiday as “Farm Workers Day,” in light of sex assault allegations against the late labor leader. During a news conference at City Hall,
As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers.
Organizers behind the annual César E. Chávez March for Justice are now pointing to newly surfaced allegations involving the late labor leader as the reason for stepping back from this year’s event,
Wage theft hits low-wage workers especially hard and most frequently. That’s one of the reasons why San Mateo County launched the office of Labor Standards and Enforcement last summer. At one orchid farm there,