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PEF President Wayne Spence issued the following statement on Oct. 28, 2026, following the death of labor leader Dolores Huerta: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “PEF joins the entire Labor Movement in mourning the loss of legendary union leader Dolores Huerta. \u00a0A tireless champion for working men and women, Huerta embodied the essence of unionism. \u00a0She realized at a young age that collective action was required to affect change and devoted her career to organizing and lifting up the working class \u2014 starting with migrant farmworkers in 1962. \u00a0I and the rest of PEF’s delegates at this summer\u2019s AFT Convention got a chance to thank her in person for paving the way for organized labor. \u00a0Our thoughts are with her family as they celebrate her remarkable life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PEF President Wayne Spence issued the following statement on Oct. 28, 2026, following the death of labor leader Dolores Huerta: \u00a0 “PEF joins the entire Labor Movement in mourning the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":14950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-14949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n