UFW workers on strike in 1998 at D'Arrigo Brothers near Salinas.
Starting Friday, thousands of farmworkers and their supporters from across the U.S. will gather in Bakersfield for a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the United Farm Workers. One of the featured speakers is Dolores Huerta, a longtime activist who, together with Cesar Chavez, began organizing California farmworkers five decades ago. Reporter: Sasha Khokha
Now 82 years old, she'll be honored later this spring with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. We talk with Huerta about her long career championing the rights of farmworkers, immigrants and women.
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