Mel Buer

Hospital workers allege retaliation in struggle over outsourcing of union jobs

More than 50 longtime union workers employed at Dameron Hospital in Stockton, CA are fighting to keep their jobs after they were served notice of termination in February.

The Union Bug

The Union Bug: Ep. 006

Boycotting as a Tactic: The REI Boycott w/Ashley Hamilton

Original Reporting

Writer's Guild Staff Union reaches tentative agreement with WGA

The new TA, if ratified, will bring to a close a nearly 3 month long strike

Original Reporting

PHOTO/VIDEO: A Tale of Two May Days

Federal agents and LAPD crashed multiple May Day protests in DTLA on May 1, 2026.

The Union Bug

The Union Bug: Ep. 005

In the New Age of Robber Barons: The UP-NS Merger w/Ron Kaminkow

The Union Bug

The Union Bug: Ep. 004

Lessons in Solidarity from an Amazon Organizer

The Worker's Wire

The Worker's Wire #1

Welcome to the relaunch of my regular labor digest.

The Union Bug

The Union Bug: Ep. 003

In conversation with Daniel Gross about his forthcoming book, "Unions of Our Own: 8 Building Blocks to Change Work...and the World"

Original Reporting

They organized mutual aid in the same place for nearly a decade. Now they're being forced to move.

After nearly ten years at Bernie's Coffee Shop on Wilshire and Fairfax, the organizers with LA's Community Solidarity Project have to move—and are asking for the public's help.

creator journalism

Let's keep this thing running, shall we?

A GoFundMe, and a SubDrive. For funsies. Of course.

Original Reporting

Amazon Teamsters claim victory over retail supergiant's strike retaliation

Amazon will honor workers' right to strike after a prolonged, multi-front pressure campaign from the union.

Original Reporting

VIDEO: State Terror, Vol. [XX]

Tear gas, mass arrests, and righteous fury at No Kings Los Angeles.