California lawmakers vote to rename Cesar Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day
Gavin Newsom set to sign bill to rename 31 March holiday following sexual abuse allegations against labour leader California lawmakers have voted to rename Cesar Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day in an effort to reconcile the Latino labor leader’s legacy with explosive sexual abuse allegations before the state holiday on 31 March. Democratic governor Gavin Newsom is expected to quickly sign the bill.
Lawmakers earlier passed bill to rename 31 March holiday following sexual abuse allegations against labor leader
California governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday renaming Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day in the wake of shocking allegations that the labor leader sexually abused women and young girls.
The bill, passed by the state senate earlier on Thursday, authorized the renaming ahead of the state holiday on 31 March. The state has observed the holiday honoring Chavez, who in the 1960s built a major farm-worker labor rights movement California’s agricultural heartland, for more than two decades.
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