Challenges to Labor Organizing in 2025

Jan 8, 2025

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Mary Anne Trasciatti

Mary Anne Trasciatti, Hofstra University’s director of the Labor Studies Program and professor of rhetoric, talked to Newsday about the ways workplace rules, wage hikes and labor shifts will impact Long Island’s economy in the new year.



The article says that labor organizing faces many unknowns with the upcoming Trump presidency.


Dr. Trasciatti said she anticipates continued “militancy” among labor organizers at businesses like Amazon and Starbucks and imagines the federal government will be less supportive of the unions than the Biden administration.

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Mary Anne Trasciatti

Professor of Writing Studies and Rhetoric

Dr. Trasciatti is a Professor of Writing Studies and Rhetoric

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