Last Week in Labor
Last Week in Labor: January 19-25, 2025.
Unions respond to Trump Admin EOs, Starbucks organizing continues apace, and more headlines you may have missed.
Mel Buer
Mel Buer is an independent multimedia journalist based in Los Angeles.
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Welcome (Again) to Words About Work
Over the last couple months, I have been exploring options that would allow me to finally get my butt off Substack. I think I've finally done it. Welcome (again) to WAW.
Last Week in Labor
Last Week in Labor: December 8-15, 2024.
IRC workers announce union, Amazon workers ready to strike the holidays, and other headlines to start off the week.
Last Week in Labor
Last Week in Labor: November 24-30, 2024
The Animation Guild secures a new TA with AMPTP after months of negotiations, USPS workers fighting for a fair contract, and more headlines for your week.
Last Week in Labor
Last Week in Labor: November 17-23, 2024.
57 Culinary Union workers arrested in picket line civil disobedience, Philly workers avoid strike with new TA, and other headlines.
Last Week in Labor
Last Week in Labor: November 10-16, 2024
Virgin Hotels workers on strike in Vegas, Philly poised for paralyzing strikes against the city, and more headlines for your Monday.
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Last Week in Labor
Last Week In Labor: November 3-9, 2024
US Labor News and Headlines you might have missed-- Welcome back to Words About Work, and a very happy Veteran’s Day to you, my friends. Last week was quite a doozy for news, as you can imagine. For this week’s digest, I’ll be breaking down the headlines
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Last Week in Labor: March 25-31, 2024
US Labor news you might have missed. Gooood morning, Monday morning. I hope everyone had a lovely Cesar Chavez Day and a wonderful Easter, if you celebrate. Here’s this week’s digest. As I mentioned last week, If you’ve got a… * workshop, * seminar, * panel, * conference, * labor action, * strike,
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Last Week in Labor: March 17-24, 2024
We're back at it, folks. Here's some headlines you might have missed. Happy Spring, folks. Wanted to take a moment at the top of this email to thank everyone for their follows and support. On a personal note, the last few months have been fairly busy—
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UAW #StandUpStrike Coverage Round Up
A helpful resource for readers. Hello hello, folks. A very happy Wednesday to you—this and last week’s labor news cycle has been quite a whirlwind, and a larger headline roundup will land in your inbox at the end of the week, but the situation with the UAW Stand
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A much needed update for my readers.
Thanks for your patience folks, we're getting back on track soon. Hey all. I want to start out this short post with a massive thank you to the folks who have subscribed to this Substack. It’s really quite a beautiful thing to log in and see that