Tributes pour in for labor leader Dolores Huerta: ‘Fought for farm workers to the very end’
Summary
Dolores Huerta, the labor and civil rights leader who helped found the United Farm Workers, has died at 96, according to the article. Activists and political leaders paid tribute to her organizing and advocacy for farm workers, immigrants and civil rights, and called for her work to continue.Key Facts
- Huerta helped found the United Farm Workers union in California.
- She helped organize the 1965 Delano grape strike, which led to a national table-grape boycott and improved wages and working conditions for grape pickers.
- Huerta popularized the rallying cry “Sí, se puede,” meaning “Yes, we can.”
- California declared April 10, her birthday, Dolores Huerta Day in 2018.
- United Farm Workers president Teresa Romero said Huerta fought for farm workers until the end of her life and urged the union’s work to continue.
- Tributes came from California leaders including Nancy Pelosi, Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Alex Padilla and Kamala Harris.
- Lawmakers including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez praised Huerta’s decades of organizing for workers, women and immigrants.
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