Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) – A walnut casket made by the local Carpenters Union 1319 here in Albuquerque, is on its way to California for Dolores Huerta who will be buried in California.
On Tuesday, top New Mexico Democrats including incoming Governor Deb Haaland along with Huerta’s friends and family gathered in the atrium of the Local union hall for a send-off.
Huerta was born in Dawson New Mexico, but spent most of her life in California where she began her work organized labor, led boycotts and co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which then became the United Farm Workers. She returned frequently to New Mexico.
