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Dolores Huerta, California labor leader and civil rights champion, dies aged 96
Huerta co-founded United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, improving pay and conditions for farm workers
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Dolores Huerta, a celebrated 1960s labor union leader and civil rights activist, died on Wednesday in California at the age of 96, her family said.
Huerta was co-founder with Cesar Chavez, another veteran unionist and political activist, of the United Farm Workers union (UFW), which was credited with improving pay and conditions for agricultural workers through a series of strikes, boycotts and protests in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Richard Luscombe · Wed, Oct 28, 2026, 9:40 AM
California | The Guardian
Huerta co-founded United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, improving pay and conditions for farm workers
Dolores Huerta, a celebrated 1960s labor union leader and civil rights activist, died on Wednesday in California at the age of 96, her family said.
Huerta was co-founder with Cesar Chavez, another veteran unionist and political activist, of the United Farm Workers union (UFW), which was credited with improving pay and conditions for agricultural workers through a series of strikes, boycotts and protests in the 1960s and 1970s.
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