IN LATE November 1986 the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), a labour union, was ready to celebrate. Earlier that month, then-president Ronald Reagan signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act, for which the UFW had spent months lobbying(游说). It offered undocumented(无证件的) immigrants long resident in America a path to citizenship, and gave farm workers who could prove 90 days of employment legal permanent residency. It also penalised employers who knowingly hired undocumented workers, whom the union feared would drive down wages and serve as scabs during a strike.(该法还惩罚明知故犯雇佣无证工人的雇主，工会担心这些工人会压低工资并在罢工期间充当工贼。)
1986年11月下旬，美国联合农场工人联盟（UFW）正准备庆祝。当月早些时候，时任总统罗纳德·里根签署了《移民改革与控制法》，UFW为此游说了数月。该法为长期居留美国的无证移民提供了入籍途径，并给予能证明90天就业的农场工人合法永久居留权。该法还惩罚明知故犯雇佣无证工人的雇主，工会担心这些工人会压低工资，并在罢工期间充当工贼。
Shortly before a news conference(新闻发布会) to mark the legislative win, one of the UFW’s founders, César Chávez, told another founder, Dolores Huerta, that she was needed in Florida. A crisis, he said. So of course, she went, because that’s what she did: go where workers needed her. But when she got to Florida, she found there was no crisis. Nobody was expecting her. “They just wanted to get me out of the way(把我支开) so they could take credit for(把功劳归于自己) the work,” she said later. “Straight male-chauvinist(男性沙文主义者) trick.”
在庆祝立法胜利的新闻发布会前不久，UFW创始人之一塞萨尔·查韦斯告诉另一位创始人多洛雷斯·韦尔塔，佛罗里达需要她。他说，有危机。她当然去了，因为她就是这样的人：去工人需要她的地方。但当她到达佛罗里达时，发现根本没有危机。没人在等她。“他们只是想把我支开，好把功劳占为己有，”她后来说。“典型的男性沙文主义伎俩。”
But hardly uncommon, as one fellow activist recalled: “The assumption was that [Chávez] was the leader, and Dolores was the housekeeper(管家) of the movement.” In fact, they founded the union together—though unlike him, she had to balance work with(平衡工作与……) raising her 14 children. With his soulful dark eyes, conversational speaking style and love of the microphone, he was the charismatic(有魅力的) front man(台前人物). But she was the union’s chief negotiator. He could make the speeches; there were also boycotts to organise, contracts to negotiate and people who needed help.(他可以发表演讲；但还有抵制活动要组织、合同要谈判、需要帮助的人要照顾。)
但这并不罕见，一位同僚活动家回忆道：“人们想当然地认为（查韦斯）是领袖，而多洛雷斯是运动的管家。”事实上，他们共同创立了工会——但与他不同，她还得在工作和抚养14个孩子之间平衡。他有着深情的黑眼睛、谈话式的演讲风格，热爱麦克风，是魅力四射的台前人物。而她是工会的首席谈判代表。他可以发表演讲；但还有抵制活动要组织、合同要谈判、需要帮助的人要照顾。