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Local labor leaders on their efforts to organize workers

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Julie Williams
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WXXI News
(foreground) Patrick Coyle and Rich Winter, (background) Maria Fisher and Christina Christman on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, November 21, 2024
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How will the next administration treat organized labor? Leaders from the UAW and AFL-CIO call Trump and his business allies “union busters.”

Is that fair? We talk to leaders in the local labor movement about their attempts to organize workers.

In studio:

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.