California to change Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day after sexual abuse scandal

The California State Legislature is taking steps to rename Cesar Chavez Day after a controversial report exposed sexual abuse allegations against the labor union activist.

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas took to the Assembly floor Thursday to recognize the "disturbing" and "painful" stories told by the women in Wednesday's New York Times article.

"As someone who grew up in the farmworker movement, as a son and grandson of farmworkers who raised my brother and I, as a father and as a Latino...