Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers and organized farmworkers in California.

César Chávez: César Chávez was an American labor leader who co-founded the United Farm Workers and led campaigns for farmworkers’ rights. Huerta partnered with Chávez to build the union and organize its major campaigns.
Delano grape strike: The Delano grape strike was a farmworker walkout that began in California in 1965 and lasted five years. Huerta helped extend this local strike into a national labor campaign.
Stockton, California: Stockton is a city in California’s Central Valley and the birthplace of Dolores Huerta. Huerta grew up in Stockton, where agricultural labor conditions were part of the surrounding economy.
Sí se puede: “Sí se puede” is a Spanish phrase meaning “Yes, it can be done,” used as a slogan by the United Farm Workers. Huerta popularized the slogan during the union’s 1972 Arizona campaign.
United Farm Workers of America: The United Farm Workers of America is the union’s full formal name, commonly shortened to United Farm Workers. The formal name distinguishes the organization Huerta co-founded from similarly named farmworker groups.
Larry Itliong: Larry Itliong was a Filipino American labor organizer who helped lead the 1965 Delano grape strike. His organizing helped launch the strike Huerta and Chávez joined and expanded.
Grape boycott: The grape boycott was a consumer campaign urging people not to buy table grapes during the United Farm Workers’ organizing drive. Huerta helped coordinate the boycott that pressured growers beyond the fields.
Community Service Organization: The Community Service Organization was a Mexican American civil rights group that organized local communities in California. Huerta learned grassroots organizing while working for this organization.
Huelga: “Huelga” is the Spanish word for “strike” and a rallying cry of the United Farm Workers. The chant became a visible expression of the strike movement Huerta helped lead.
Bracero program: The Bracero program was a U.S.–Mexico agreement that brought Mexican workers to temporary agricultural jobs from 1942 to 1964. The program shaped the labor system and worker vulnerabilities that Huerta’s organizing confronted.

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