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César Chavez name, once an honor, now carries a stain that officials want to scrub
Monuments, elementary schools and other places honoring César Chavez’s name and the legacy of his labor movement stretch across the states. Now, in the wake of explosive sexual abuse allegations against the Latino icon, the name overnight has become more of a stain.
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The allegations show that the culture of fear and intimidation that enables sexual abuse in agricultural fields had also existed within top ranks of the male-dominated labor movement.
