That's what happens when he sets up a series of "by-invitation-only" events.
As quoted in Gov. Scott Walker to Wisconsin: No need to fine sanctuary cities. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/24/2016)
"...hadn't heard anything from anybody...." Wow. Just, wow.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/17/2016
A few excerpts:
- Farmers say it is difficult to find reliable help, even in rural areas where people were born and raised on farms, and even when the jobs pay significantly more than minimum wage.
- Dairy Dreams farm in Casco has planned ahead for the rally. It milks about 2,850 cows and has 42 employees, most of them Latinos. Farm owner Don Niles, a first-generation dairy farmer, has given a handful of employees permission to attend the Madison rally, with full pay, to represent their co-workers.
- "We want to send a strong message to the state Legislature and to Governor Walker that we do not want to see anti-immigrant bills passed. You cannot have a dairy industry in Wisconsin without immigrant labor," Neumann-Ortiz [executive director of the immigrants advocacy group Voces de la Frontera] said. [emphasis added]
And it's not as though the employment demographics of the Wisconsin dairy industry changed drastically overnight. It's a trend that's been occurring since before Scott Walker was first elected to the State Assembly in 1992. What a snooze alarm this guy has!
Related reading:
A Day Without Latino Labor Can Be A Very Bad Day. (AgWeb, 2/19/2016)
Dairy Farmers Join In Latino Rally. (Farm Report with Pam Jahnke)
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