trade unionist
Cesar Chavez.
Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist (1927–1993)
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Dolores Huerta dies at 96 after accusing Cesar Chavez of sexual abuse
Dolores Huerta, UFW co-founder who in March 2026 accused Cesar Chavez of sexually abusing her in the 1960s, has died at 96; family announced it Oct. 28.
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About Cesar Chavez
Cesario Estrada "Cesar" Chavez was an American labor unionist and political activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Ideologically, his worldview combined leftist approaches with Catholic social teaching.
Everything about Cesar Chavez →- Occupation
- trade unionist, laborer, politician, human rights defender
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 31, 1927
- Died
- April 23, 1993