{"id":70985,"date":"2026-03-18T20:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/labor-leader-dolores-huerta-says-she-was-assaulted-by-cesar-chavez-as-allegations-of-abuse-emerge\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:14:39","slug":"labor-leader-dolores-huerta-says-she-was-assaulted-by-cesar-chavez-as-allegations-of-abuse-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/labor-leader-dolores-huerta-says-she-was-assaulted-by-cesar-chavez-as-allegations-of-abuse-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor leader Dolores Huerta says she was assaulted by Cesar Chavez as allegations of abuse emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/dolores-huerta-turns-94-heres-a-look-at-the-civil-rights-icons-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Labor leader Dolores Huerta<\/a><\/span> appeared to corroborate allegations of abuse against young women or minors by the late Cesar Chavez on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@dolores_huerta\/march-18-2026-e74c20430555?postPublishedType=initial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">writing in a statement<\/a> that she had two non-consensual &#8220;sexual encounters&#8221; with him that ended in pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations of abuse by Chavez, himself a union and civil rights leader, were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/18\/us\/cesar-chavez-sexual-abuse-allegations-ufw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first reported by the New York Times<\/a> on Wednesday morning. Chavez and Huerta were co-founders of the National Farm Workers Association in the 1960s. The group later became the United Farm Workers union, which still represents nearly 5,000 farm workers. Chavez died in 1993. Huerta remains active in politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Huerta, 95, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWB3QXxlSVk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a> that she kept the assaults secret because she &#8220;believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for.&#8221; The investigation and the allegations shared within it inspired her to share her experiences, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I carried this secret for as long as I did because building the movement and securing farmworker rights was my life&#8217;s work. The formation of a union was the only vehicle to achieve and secure those rights and I wasn&#8217;t going to let Cesar or anyone else get in the way,&#8221; Huerta wrote. &#8220;I channeled everything I had into advocating on behalf of millions of farmworkers and others who were suffering and deserved equal rights.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/18\/f1aa7ac4-b51e-4459-bb20-00b137f41da5\/thumbnail\/620x412\/44ce7310cdc48b2a4db526aefa7c3469\/gettyimages-1346525899.jpg#\" alt=\"Cesar Chavez \" height=\"412\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/18\/f1aa7ac4-b51e-4459-bb20-00b137f41da5\/thumbnail\/620x412\/44ce7310cdc48b2a4db526aefa7c3469\/gettyimages-1346525899.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/18\/f1aa7ac4-b51e-4459-bb20-00b137f41da5\/thumbnail\/1240x824\/d8e4544c8cf429e507d3221b3d393853\/gettyimages-1346525899.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Cesar Chavez in September 1974.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Les Lee \/ Express \/ Hulton Archive \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Huerta said that she was &#8220;manipulated and pressured into having sex&#8221; with Chavez, and felt she could not say no &#8220;because he was someone that I admired, my boss and the leader of the movement I had already devoted years of my life to.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The second time I was forced, against my will, and in an environment where I felt trapped,&#8221; Huerta wrote. &#8220;I had experienced abuse and sexual violence before, and I convinced myself these were incidents that I had to endure alone and in secret.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Huerta did not specify when the encounters occurred, except to describe herself as a &#8220;young mother in the 1960s,&#8221; when she would have been in her 30s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Huerta said both instances led to pregnancies, which she carried and delivered in secret. She &#8220;arranged for (the children) to be raised by other families that could give them stable lives&#8221; after they were born, she said. Huerta said that she has developed a relationship with those children, but that &#8220;no one knew the full truth about how they were conceived until just a few weeks ago.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Huerta said that the allegations against Chavez sicken her and that her &#8220;heart aches for everyone who suffered alone and in silence for years.&#8221; She also wrote that &#8220;there are no words strong enough to condemn&#8221; Chavez&#8217;s &#8220;deplorable actions.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/18\/3a83738b-e7ea-4cde-839a-0f5bba331160\/thumbnail\/620x413g4\/73c4052889b9a347cd18b33cf813dedb\/gettyimages-2230485284.jpg#\" alt=\"Protest Held In Austin, Texas Against Republican Redistricting Plans \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/18\/3a83738b-e7ea-4cde-839a-0f5bba331160\/thumbnail\/620x413g4\/73c4052889b9a347cd18b33cf813dedb\/gettyimages-2230485284.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/18\/3a83738b-e7ea-4cde-839a-0f5bba331160\/thumbnail\/1240x826g4\/9d5a6c22bee9d2be2c9fab110d2703e4\/gettyimages-2230485284.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Dolores Huerta outside the Texas Capitol on August 16, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Brandon Bell \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I have never identified myself as a victim, but I now understand that I am a survivor \u2014 of violence, of sexual abuse, of domineering men who saw me, and other women, as property, or things to control. &#8230; I have kept this secret long enough. My silence ends here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Huerta said that the allegations against Chavez &#8220;do not reflect the values of our community and our movement&#8221; and said that she believed the &#8220;farmworker movement has always been bigger and far more important than any one individual.&#8221; The Dolores Huerta Foundation website includes resources for sexual assault survivors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The UFW said that it is distancing itself from Chavez, and abstaining from participating in Cesar Chavez Day activities, which celebrate his birthday. It is a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/cesar-chavez-day-observed-in-city-county-of-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">formal holiday in California<\/a><\/span>, Utah, Arizona and Washington. The union called the allegations against him &#8220;crushing,&#8221; <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/cesar-chavez-allegations-ufw\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS Sacramento reported<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cesar Chavez Foundation said that it is &#8220;deeply shocked and saddened&#8221; by the allegations, and working with the UFW to respond, according to CBS Sacramento.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p 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