Labor leader Dolores Huerta, UFW co-founder, dies at 96
KCRA reported that Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers and a longtime advocate for farm-workers’ rights, died at age 96. Earlier reports from CNN and the BBC had also announced her death, citing a family statement. Huerta was a leading figure in the farm-workers movement and had championed immigration and voting-rights causes.