Ronda Kaysen
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330 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 22 Jul
Ronda Kaysen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And for the American worker, these home construction jobs are becoming less appealing as non-union work grows in the sector.
And these non-union jobs don't have those good benefits.
And so Matt starts seeing the labor force changing.
Suddenly there's more Spanish being spoken on the job sites.
A few years later, the foremen are often Spanish speaking.
Exactly.
It's almost like a parallel experience is happening because –
You know, while Matt is noticing that the folks who look like him on the job site are disappearing, I spoke with a lot of immigrants who arrived during that time period, and they tell almost a similar story to what Matt's youth was like.
So one guy I spoke with was named Mariano Martinez.
So where were you born?
And he's also a roofer.
And he arrived in the United States.
He was 19.
He came in the late 1980s from Oaxaca, Mexico.
So you walked across the border?
And it was easy then?
Okay.
Did it cost a lot of money?
He crosses the border with the help of a coyote.
He's initially working at a gardening center, and he's not making very much money.
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