Daniella Marcial, right, first year accounting major, studies as maintenance workers (who declined to be named) cover up a mural honoring Cesar Chavez in the Cesar Chavez Cove at the Cesar Chavez Business and Computer Center at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana Thursday. The explosive sex abuse allegations against farm labor leader Cesar Chavez could deliver not just a reputational blow to the union he founded, but a financial one as well. John Manly, a prominent sex abuse attorney, said “liability could be automatic” for the storied labor union that Chavez ran for decades. School districts have spent nearly a half-billion to settle sex abuse claims. Cesar Chavez, then leader of United Farm Workers Union, speaks at a United Auto Workers convention, thanking them for financial support, in Los Angeles, June 10, 1974.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 20, 2026 16:02 UTC