Dolores Huerta, the labor organizer who co-founded the United Farm Workers, died Wednesday at 96, according to an Axios report on her death. The report said her family announced the death on her Instagram account. Axios described Huerta as a pioneering labor organizer and called her a civil rights legend.
Axios reported that Huerta helped lead strikes and boycotts during her career. The outlet said she fought to expand rights for Hispanic Americans, and it described her as a powerful kingmaker in politics, a term the report used for her role in political life.
The report credited Huerta with coining the rallying cry "Sí, se puede," which Axios identified as one of the phrases associated with her name. Axios also said she co-founded the United Farm Workers, the union that formed the basis of much of her public work as the report described it.
The Axios report includes a section of reactions from others, but the portion available for this story is incomplete, so no statements from that section are reported here. No other outlet's report was available for this story, so the details above rest on the Axios account alone.
Axios published the report under the byline of Josephine Walker, and the report's account of Huerta's death is the basis for the facts presented here.
Sources: Axios: Dolores Huerta, pioneering labor activist, dies at 96.