In a statement shared through her foundation, Huerta’s team said she died Wednesday at home in Bakersfield, California, “surrounded by her close family.”

In a statement shared through her foundation, Huerta’s family said she died Wednesday at home in Bakersfield, California, “surrounded by her close family.”

Influential US labour union co-founder, feminist, and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta died on Wednesday in Bakersfield, California, her family said. Credited with coining the enduring "Si, se puede!"…

Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields, has died. She was 96.

Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede.” that became a widespread ral...

Dolores Huerta has died.

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