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Mercedes Falk

2023 Special: ‘Milked’ Migrant Labor in Wisconsin

December 20, 2023

Author Ruth Conniff and people featured in her book “Milked” talk about migrant labor on Wisconsin dairy farms. Also: an interview with Tony Gonzalez about the push to allow migrant laborers to seek drivers licenses.

No Immigrants—No Dairy Industry (Hour 2)

May 23, 2023

Wisconsin’s dairy farms are very different from only a few years ago—with Mexican laborers making up a substantial share of the workforce. We’ll talk to Ruth Conniff, author of “Milked: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers,” along with two prominent figures from her book.

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