Community Organizing
Blessed are the whistle blowers
Resistance to the ongoing brutality is everywhere. One need only step outside to find it.
Mel Buer
Mel Buer is an independent multimedia journalist based in Los Angeles.
Last Week in Labor
Last Week in Labor: Dec. 27, 2025 - Jan. 2, 2026
Labor wins at the federal level, new leadership at the UMWA, and other headlines you may have missed.
The Union Bug
Media by workers, for workers, with Chris Garlock and Harold Phillips
The Union Bug: Ep. 1
The Union Bug
The Union Bug: Episode 1 (Early Release)
The importance of worker-focused media with Harold Phillips and Chris Garlock
In the Field
A look back at 2025
Good fucking riddance
Last Week in Labor
Last Week in Labor: November 28 - December 5, 2025
Newsguild launches "News, Not Slop" campaign, workers step up for struggling members, and more headlines for your week.
The Union Bug
Introducing The Union Bug, a new podcast
The Union Bug is a podcast by workers, for workers. Premiering January 2.
Last Week in Labor
Last Week in Labor: November 21-28, 2025.
David Huerta pleads not guilty to misdemeanor charge, Starbucks workers get a boost from the Teamsters, and more headlines for your Thanksgiving.
independent journalism
This holiday season, I'm passing the hat
A plea for sustained support.
Last Week in Labor
Last Week in Labor: November 14-21 2025.
Welcome back to the weekly labor digest.
Unemployed in America
Thanks for nothing, guys
I honestly don't know what I expected.
In the Field
It was never about the numbers
On trying to work in the dying American news industry