Mel Buer

Mel Buer has been a member of Linktree for 1 year and joined in November 2024. The social media accounts linked to from Mel Buer are: • Instagram • YouTube • Email • Signal • Bluesky Besides social media accounts, mel_buer has populated their site with: • The Union Bug: REI Boycott Tactic Analysis • The Union Bug: UP-NS Rail Merger Impact • The Union Bug: Amazon Organizer Solidarity • May Day Protests in LA: Police Clashes & Arrests • The Worker's Wire: Labor Headlines Digest • The Union Bug: Ep. 003 • Fundraiser by Mel Buer : Support Mel's Indie Journalism • LA Pet Blessing: Holy Saturday Event • LA Protests: Tear Gas & Mass Arrests at MDC • @Mel_Buer_Reports • CSU is using a legal loophole to claw back contractual raises. Union members want to change that. • Words About Work: Labor Journalism • Mel Buer Reports • Last Week in Labor: Feb 20-27, 2026 • VIDEO: WGSU Holds Picket Line Rally Outside WGA Headquarters in Los Angeles • VIDEO: JVP-LA holds Solidarity Shabbat Action in Downtown Los Angeles • Last Week in Labor: Feb. 13-20, 2026 • The Union Bug Ep 02: 'We Always Had a Union' • Blessed are the whistle blowers • On taking your rest and finding joy • Media by workers, for workers, with Chris Garlock and Harold Phillips • Support Mel Buer's Journalism • Words About Work • Introducing The Union Bug, a new podcast • Last Week in Labor: Dec. 27, 2025 - Jan. 2, 2026 • A look back at 2025 • Mel Buer | MMJ • Last Week in Labor: November 21-28, 2025. • Last Week in Labor: November 14-21 2025. • Thanks for nothing, guys • It was never about the numbers • We gave them flowers; they sent in the horses. • Disney Studios seeks to fire union lot nurses in favor of subcontractors, shredding an 85-year tradition • Kaiser Nurses head back to work after 5 day strike • Last Week in Labor: September 12-19, 2025. • Loyola Marymount University claims religious exemption with the NLRB, claws back recognition of NTT faculty union • An $85 Billion Railroad Merger is in the works. No one’s happy about it. • Four Touchstone Climbing gyms win unions in Northern California – Words About Work • Wanna help me reach my goal? [September Subscription Drive] – Words About Work • In the wake of ‘devastating’ layoffs, USC faculty rally in support of union campaign – Words About Work • Last Week in Labor: August 17-29, 2025 • Last Week in Labor: Aug 8-15, 2025 • Last Week in Labor: Aug 1-7, 2025 • Unemployed in America: My Own Story • A new era for WAW • A life was snuffed out in the pursuit of a quota • ‘U is for Union!’: Sesame Workshop Workers Win NLRB Election • 14 LA County workers were arrested in a massive strike and they say it's more than about pay • Inside the campaign to disrupt the REI board elections • 'We have to stand united': Unions join farm workers against ICE raids • Something that feels productive good and true • Last Week in Labor: March 28 – April 3, 2025 • TRNN Author Page • Out of ashes, victory: How New York’s garment workers rebirthed the US labor movement • Last Week in Labor: March 14-20, 2025 • As Trump looks to privatize USPS, its workers fight for a contract • Last Week in Labor: March 7-13, 2025. • Show us the ropes: How Touchstone Climbing Gym workers unionized five locations • Blue Bottle Coffee Workers fight Nestle for a first contract—with international support • 20 weeks in, Kaiser’s mental healthcare workers’ strike prompts Gov. Newsom to intervene • Lessons in Solidarity from the Service Industry • In LA's darkest moment, the light of tireless Angelenos providing aid, food shines bright | Opinion • Welcome (Again) to Words About Work • Last Week in Labor: February 2-8, 2025. • Last Week in Labor: January 19-25, 2025. • 'What they're offering is stabilization, not care': Kaiser strands patients in limbo as strike approaches fourth month • Last Week in Labor: December 15-21, 2024. • What a can of tuna can teach us about international workers' solidarity • Last Week in Labor: December 8-15, 2024. • Last Week in Labor: November 24-30, 2024 • Last Week in Labor: November 17-23, 2024. • Last Week in Labor: November 10-16, 2024 • Learning to read again • Last Week In Labor: November 3-9, 2024 • Kaiser workers’ strike enters second week in Southern California