Dolores Huerta death

Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers Co-Founder, Dies at 96

Dolores Huerta, the labor and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, has died at 96, her family said. She helped improve pay and conditions for farm workers and coined the rallying cry "Sí, se puede!" Earlier in 2026, she told The New York Times that Chavez had raped her decades earlier.