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Dolores Huerta, pioneering US labor leader, dies at 96

Original: Dolores Huerta, iconic labor leader, dies at 96 https://www. upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/10/28 /labor-activist-dolores-huer

Dolores Huerta, the civil rights and labor activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez in the 1960s, has died at the age of 96. Huerta spent decades organizing farmworkers, leading strikes and boycotts, and campaigning for workers' rights, immigrant rights and women's rights, becoming one of the most influential figures in American labor history.

Why now: The death of a major civil rights and labor icon naturally prompts widespread tributes and reflection on her legacy.

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• Dolores Huerta, iconic labor leader, dies at 96 https://www. upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/10/28 /labor-activist-dolores-huerta-dies-at-96/8271793219201/ Dolores Huerta, a pioneering labor leader who co-founded the United Farm Workers in the 1960s, died Wednesday at the age of 96,… · MillMessenger@journa.host

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