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Wednesday on Lake Effect: Farm Workers Rights, Jesus Salas on Migrant Workers, Radio Chipstone

Wednesday on Lake Effect:

We learn about some of the unique challenges facing farm workers in Wisconsin, and across the United States.  Then, a Milwaukee man shares stories of more than a half-century of his work on behalf of migrant workers. Radio Chipstone explores the story of an iconic shirt from the era of open housing marches here, and we'll hear a family story from one local poet.

Guests:

  • Bruce Goldstein, Farmworker Justice
  • Jesus Salas, founder, Obreros Unidos
  • Radio Chipstone/David Driscoll, Wisconsin Historical Society
  • Jenny Benjamin, poet