Labor on Seven Lights https://sevenlights.org/tags/labor/ Recent content in Labor on Seven Lights Hugo en-us Thu, 29 Oct 2026 03:48:00 -0400 Dolores Huerta, Co-founder of the Farm Workers Movement, Dies at 96 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/29/dolores-huerta-dies-96/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 03:48:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/29/dolores-huerta-dies-96/ Dolores Huerta, who co-founded what became the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, helped organize the 1965 Delano grape strike and inspired the rallying cry ‘Si, se puede,’ has died at 96. Tributes came from the UFW, Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsom.