October 28, 2026

Dolores Huerta, co-founder of Nat’l Farmworkers, has died.

By Jeff Vaughn

Breaking: labor leader Dolores Huerta, has died. She was 96.

Huerta co-founded the National Farmworkers Association alongside Cesar Chavez, helping lead the fight for better wages, benefits and safer working conditions.

Dolores Huerta portrait with onLACA logo

She became known for the rallying cry, “Sí, se puede” — “Yes, it can be done.”

Even into her nineties, Huerta continued marching and speaking out on poverty, civil rights and women’s rights.

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Jeff Vaughn
Jeff Vaughn

Jeff is the founder of streaming channel onLACA, a four-time Emmy winning newsman and CEO of VaughnMedia LLC. Jeff anchors news and business reports airing daily on radio and TV stations across the America.