Episode 35: Marita Canedo of Migrant Justice on “Milk With Dignity”

“The cows don’t milk themselves.”

https://migrantjustice.net/about The mission of Migrant Justice is to build the voice, capacity, and power of the farmworker community and engage community partners to organize for economic justice and human rights. We gather the farmworker community to discuss and analyze shared problems and to envision collective solutions. Through this ongoing investment in leadership development, members deepen their skills in community education and organizing for long-term systemic change. From this basis our members have defined community problems as a denial of rights and dignity and have prioritized building a movement to secure these fundamental human rights to: 1) Dignified Work and Quality Housing; 2) Freedom of Movement and Access to Transportation; 3) Freedom from discrimination; 4) Access to Health Care.

Milk With Dignity: https://migrantjustice.net/about-the-milk-with-dignity-program

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Episode #35 Notes

0:45 - What inspired the formation of Migrant Justice?

1:30 - Tell us about the migrant labor issues in Vermont, specifically on dairy farms?

6:15 - What are the goals and mission of Migrant Justice?

10:30 - On the Milk With Dignity campaign.

13:30 - Ben and Jerry’s involvement with Milk With Dignity.

17:20 - Who is the campaign currently pursuing, and why?

20:00 - COVID’s impact on organizing work.

23:45 - What are the most compelling achievements of Migrant Justice?

26:45 - On COVID’s spread on dairies.

30:00 - Worker-driven labor rights outcomes and efficacy.

31:45 - On shared ownership models.

33:15 - Suggested readings!

Life on the Other Border, Teresa M. Mares

We Are All Fast Food Workers Now, Annelise Orleck