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Dolores Huerta feared speaking about her abuse for years. The farmworkers she advocates for understand.

An estimated 26% of U.S. farmworkers are women who face high rates of harassment amid barriers to reporting and investigations, with some policy steps taken since 2018.

Summary by The 19th
Every survivor of sexual assault is forced to make a calculation: What are the repercussions if they speak out? Dolores Huerta felt the weight of the entire labor rights movement, which she feared would crumble if she accused civil rights leader Cesar Chavez of sexual abuse. “The weight of that calculation is the same weight for every single survivor in the farm worker industry,” attorney Karla Altmayer told The 19th. “They’re not thinking about…

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The 19th broke the news in on Friday, March 27, 2026.
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