Dolores Huerta, California labor leader and civil rights champion, dies aged 96

Huerta co-founded United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, improving pay and conditions for farm workersSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDolores Huerta, a celebrated 1960s labor union leader and civil rights activist, died on Wednesday in California at the age of 96, her family said.Huerta was co-founder with Cesar Chavez, another veteran unionist and political activist, of the United Farm Workers union…

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