Dolores Huerta, a pioneering labor organizer and civil rights icon who cofounded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez in the 1960s, died at 96, her family said in a statement Wednesday.
Co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) labor union Dolores Huerta, 95, poses in her office in Bakersfield, California, on July 21, 2025.
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Dolores Huerta, a pioneering labor organizer and civil rights icon who cofounded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez in the 1960s, died at 96, her family said in a statement Wednesday.
“We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved mother, Dolores Huerta, has passed away today,” the statement said.
