(WOMENSENEWS)–California grape pickers, usually Filipino or Mexican, toiled in the sun, denied drinking water and bathrooms and earning less than $10 a day. Among those dedicated to fighting these and ...

Dolores Huerta joined a crowd of about 300 at Constitution Park in Stockton to greet United Farm Worker marchers on their 24-day, 335-mile march to Sacramento.

After witnessing such conditions, Huerta and Chavez, leading the United Farm Workers, organized a strike to begin in 1965 that would become one of the largest strikes in U.S. history.Delano Grape ...

Dolores Huerta joined a crowd of about 300 at Constitution Park in Stockton to greet United Farm Worker marchers on their 24-day, 335-mile march to Sacramento.

After witnessing such conditions, Huerta and Chavez, leading the United Farm Workers, organized a strike to begin in 1965 that would become one of the largest strikes in U.S. history.Delano Grape ...

The farm worker’s children were often undereducated as their parents would travel throughout the year, depending on the seasons, to chase work with the ripe crops. After witnessing such conditions, ...

Cesar Chavez — who is Chavez Rodriguez’s grandfather — and co-organizer Dolores Huerta founded the National Farm Workers Assn., which in 1966 consolidated with the Filipino Agricultural ...

We don’t have a lot of time,” Huerta said, noting that the election is less than four months away. “This is about all of us. We’ve got to stand together, we’ve got to work together.”  The ...

Dolores Huerta, the storied labor leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, has waded into San Francisco’s mayoral race.. On Friday, Huerta endorsed Mayor London Breed for re ...

To chants of “¡Si, se puede!” labor leader Dolores Huerta asked U of C students and Chicagoans gathered in Ida Noyes Wednesday to take a stand on social issues. A group of around 200 filled the ...

The United Farm Workers endorsed President Joe Biden for reelection on Tuesday afternoon, lending another labor endorsement to the Democratic president for his 2024 campaign. The United Farm ...

United Farm Workers, frustrated by California farm workers' failure to get contracts when they unionize, seeks legislative help; Gov Gray Davis gets bill to enable unionized farm workers to use ...