# Dolores Huerta, US labor leader and civil rights icon, dies at 96

https://mins.news/en/item/119872

- CBC News, 2026-10-28 21:43 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dolores-huerta-obituary-9.7400107?cmp=rss

> Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve conditions for workers in US fruit and vegetable fields and coined the enduring rallying cry “Sí, se puede!”, has died at 96.

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