<p>Huerta co-founded United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, improving pay and conditions for farm workers</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email</a></p></li></ul><p>Dolores Huerta, an iconic 1960s labor union leader and civil rights activist, died on Wednesday in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a> at the age of 96, her family said.</p><p>Huerta was co-founder with Cesar Chavez, another veteran unionist and political activist, of the United Farm Workers union (UFW), which was credited with improving pay and conditions for agricultural workers through a series strikes, boycotts and protests in the 1960s and 1970s.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/dolores-huerta-dead-california">Continue reading...</a>