Dolores Huerta, UFW co-founder, dies
The gist
Labor leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded what became the United Farm Workers, died Wednesday at 96.
Her death closes a career that won farmworkers bargaining rights and reshaped California labor.
How it unfolded
- 1955Huerta met Cesar Chavez at a fundraising dinner while he was an organizer with the CSO (Community Service Organization).
- 1962Huerta and Chavez left the CSO to found the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the UFW.
- 1975Campaigns helped pass the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, establishing collective bargaining rights for farmworkers.