The Dairy Farmers of America cooperative is a giant conglomerate of 4800 dairy farms and 119 manufacturing and production plant around the county, including 400 dairy farms in Wisconsin alone. They are in the process of taking over one more, W&W Dairy in Monroe, Wisconsin.

As part of the takeover, the DFA has chosen to comply with the E-Verify program to document the immigration status of each worker, not that the ICEtapo cares about such things. This decision will affect many of the workers and will force their termination of employment.

Last week, over 40 workers went on strike, not to protest the company complying with the program, but to demand the company respect the rights of the departing workers, some who have been there for decades. They are calling for severance pay, accrued

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