Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) union with Cesar Chavez and fought alongside him for decades to expand labour rights in the U.S., on Wednesday accused Chavez of sexually assaulting her in the 1960s. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)Chavez family reactsThe Chavez family did not dispute the allegations and said it was devastated by the New York Times article. Someone whose life included work and contributions that matter deeply to many people," the Chavez family said. Chavez talks to striking Salinas Valley farm workers during a rally in Salinas, Calif., on March 7, 1979. (Paul Sakuma/The Associated Press)Movement 'bigger than one man': NewsomHuerta said she had two sexual encounters with Chavez in the 1960s.
