Dolores Huerta, labor activist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta was a labor activist and civil rights leader who co-founded the group that later became the United Farm Workers.
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Dolores Huerta was a labor activist and civil rights leader who co-founded the group that later became the United Farm Workers.
Longtime labor activist Dolores Huerta says President Trump's disparaging remarks about Mexicans show he "does not know history," and called on Latinos in California, Texas and other states to push for change.
In her first public interview since the investigation, Dolores Huerta said that at the time of the incidents, she felt alone and trapped.
Allegations of abuse of women and girls by union leader Cesar Chavez were first reported by the New York Times on Wednesday.
She's considered one of the most respected and influential labor leaders of our time. Dolores Huerta broke more than a glass ceiling; she led a revolution in the farm fields of California's Central Valley.
