Dolores Huerta, champion of migrant workers’ rights, dead at 96
The labor leader co-founded the largest farmworkers’ union in the US alongside César Chávez, whom she would later accuse of having raped her
Labor movement leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta died Wednesday at the age of 96. Her family announced her passing via Instagram, expressing deep sadness over the loss of their mother. El Pais English reported that a family spokesperson told The New York Times that the cause of death was cancer.
Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez. According to PBS NewsHour and NPR, she co-founded the union to improve working conditions within the nation's fruit and vegetable fields. The phrase "Sí, se puede!" was coined by Huerta and became a widespread rallying cry, according to both PBS NewsHour and NPR.
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