Labor leader Dolores Huerta, co-founder of United Farm Workers, dies at 96
The gist
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, died at 96, her family said.
Her death closes a life of farmworker organizing and a late reckoning over Chavez.
How it unfolded
- 1962Huerta met César Chávez through a Community Service Organization associate and the two founded the National Farm Workers Association.
- 1960sHuerta co-founded the United Farm Workers with Chavez; the union formed from the movement three years after the 1962 founding.
- 1960s-70sHuerta led strikes and boycotts that unionized many produce workers.