Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta dies at 96

Communities across the country are grieving the death of Dolores Huerta, the renowned labor and feminist activist who empowered California’s immigrant workers. Huerta died Wednesday at the age of 96.

Dolores Huerta, the civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, died on Wednesday at 96. She was a skilled organizer who coordinated walkouts and negotiated pathbreaking contracts with agribusiness.

Dolores Huerta, a pioneering labor leader who co-founded the United Farm Workers in the 1960s, died Wednesday at the age of 96, her family said.

The longtime labor organizer and civil rights activist helped build a national movement advocating for agricultural workers after beginning her career as a schoolteacher.