Mel Buer
@melbuer.bsky.social
LA-based independent multimedia journalist. Union member.
Covering labor, media, and movements at wordsaboutwork.news | Work featured all over || Send tips, inquiries to [email protected]
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This holiday season, I'm passing the hat
A plea for sustained support.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
It's the end of the year, which means everyone is holding a fundraiser, and I am no exception, lmao.
I have some goals that I'm still working on meeting through the end of 2026. Help me get to 1000 subs and I will personally fight your boss👊 (jokes, jokes...)
I have some goals that I'm still working on meeting through the end of 2026. Help me get to 1000 subs and I will personally fight your boss👊 (jokes, jokes...)
Holiday travel already too stressful lol
Next year I’m taking the train, airports are a sensory stress nightmare
Next year I’m taking the train, airports are a sensory stress nightmare
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Holiday travel already too stressful lol
Next year I’m taking the train, airports are a sensory stress nightmare
Next year I’m taking the train, airports are a sensory stress nightmare
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Gregory Bovino’s deposition is out. Check here and @chicagotribune.com for highlights. Throughout, Bovino was evasive and combative. In this, while being asked about a photo showing him throwing tear gas, Bovino said: “You said canister. I threw two. That’s plural.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Gregory Bovino’s deposition is out. Check here and @chicagotribune.com for highlights. Throughout, Bovino was evasive and combative. In this, while being asked about a photo showing him throwing tear gas, Bovino said: “You said canister. I threw two. That’s plural.”
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Scoop: Park Service staff at 24 parks and offices are petitioning to unionize. Federal employees at a dozen including Grand Canyon filed for an election today, following staff at a dozen others including Joshua Tree who recently did same www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Parks Service Union Movement Spreads to Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree
Employees in dozens of park units are organizing to fight attempts by the Trump administration to downsize the agency.
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Scoop: Park Service staff at 24 parks and offices are petitioning to unionize. Federal employees at a dozen including Grand Canyon filed for an election today, following staff at a dozen others including Joshua Tree who recently did same www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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In all seriousness, I am working on new podcast project that I hope to launch in the new year, and need your help to get it rolling. Your paid sub helps me stay afloat and gives me the scratch to pay a producer & work on other cool things that I simply haven't been able to afford taking the time for
This holiday season, I'm passing the hat
A plea for sustained support.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In all seriousness, I am working on new podcast project that I hope to launch in the new year, and need your help to get it rolling. Your paid sub helps me stay afloat and gives me the scratch to pay a producer & work on other cool things that I simply haven't been able to afford taking the time for
It's the end of the year, which means everyone is holding a fundraiser, and I am no exception, lmao.
I have some goals that I'm still working on meeting through the end of 2026. Help me get to 1000 subs and I will personally fight your boss👊 (jokes, jokes...)
I have some goals that I'm still working on meeting through the end of 2026. Help me get to 1000 subs and I will personally fight your boss👊 (jokes, jokes...)
This holiday season, I'm passing the hat
A plea for sustained support.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It's the end of the year, which means everyone is holding a fundraiser, and I am no exception, lmao.
I have some goals that I'm still working on meeting through the end of 2026. Help me get to 1000 subs and I will personally fight your boss👊 (jokes, jokes...)
I have some goals that I'm still working on meeting through the end of 2026. Help me get to 1000 subs and I will personally fight your boss👊 (jokes, jokes...)
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It’s getting harder and harder for people to afford rent, no matter how hard they work.
One example: Rhea, a mother who often works 2AM-8PM to support her kids after fleeing domestic violence, still can’t secure housing.
When asked if she could work any harder, she says “if I could I would.”
One example: Rhea, a mother who often works 2AM-8PM to support her kids after fleeing domestic violence, still can’t secure housing.
When asked if she could work any harder, she says “if I could I would.”
ICYMI: I spoke with CBS Sunday Morning about my book, There Is No Place for Us, alongside the families whose desperate efforts to secure housing the book follows—people working nonstop and still being pushed into homelessness.
When the employed are pushed into homelessness
In America we are taught hard work is the key to success. But despite having full-time jobs, many families are locked out of the rental housing market, due to low wages, soaring rents and poor credit,...
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It’s getting harder and harder for people to afford rent, no matter how hard they work.
One example: Rhea, a mother who often works 2AM-8PM to support her kids after fleeing domestic violence, still can’t secure housing.
When asked if she could work any harder, she says “if I could I would.”
One example: Rhea, a mother who often works 2AM-8PM to support her kids after fleeing domestic violence, still can’t secure housing.
When asked if she could work any harder, she says “if I could I would.”
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😭😭😭😭😭😭
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😭😭😭😭😭😭
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1,132 days. It’s over.
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
1,132 days. It’s over.
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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Say hello to our striking baristas in Buffalo, NY! 11 days into our national ULP strike and we're only getting stronger 💪
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Say hello to our striking baristas in Buffalo, NY! 11 days into our national ULP strike and we're only getting stronger 💪
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
We cook pretty much everything the day before the big get together, throw the turkey and maybe one pie in on the day of and just reheat the rest
Makes for a completely stress-free day, no major nightmares have happened due to high stress cooking shenanigans since we started doing it
Makes for a completely stress-free day, no major nightmares have happened due to high stress cooking shenanigans since we started doing it
Actually in the spirit of this conversation, what’s a decision you made about a past Thanksgiving holiday that really paid off? I think people often feel trapped by their lives. Sharing our experiences can liberate us from that sense of claustrophobia.
On the most recent episode of VIBE CHECK, we answer listener questions about Thanksgiving, most importantly “do you go celebrate with the family members you don’t even like?”
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
We cook pretty much everything the day before the big get together, throw the turkey and maybe one pie in on the day of and just reheat the rest
Makes for a completely stress-free day, no major nightmares have happened due to high stress cooking shenanigans since we started doing it
Makes for a completely stress-free day, no major nightmares have happened due to high stress cooking shenanigans since we started doing it
Wrangling the cat for a holiday adventure to a friend’s house…she ain’t having it
Very upset, god forbid she isn’t alone for Thanksgiving good lord
Very upset, god forbid she isn’t alone for Thanksgiving good lord
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Wrangling the cat for a holiday adventure to a friend’s house…she ain’t having it
Very upset, god forbid she isn’t alone for Thanksgiving good lord
Very upset, god forbid she isn’t alone for Thanksgiving good lord
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Art is Ritual.
Got to get a bit of class rage out by having my weirdo art friends destroy a few ‘billionaires’ at a fundraiser tonight lmao
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Art is Ritual.
Got to get a bit of class rage out by having my weirdo art friends destroy a few ‘billionaires’ at a fundraiser tonight lmao
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Got to get a bit of class rage out by having my weirdo art friends destroy a few ‘billionaires’ at a fundraiser tonight lmao
It’s officially official, I’m going to library school in the Spring 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It’s officially official, I’m going to library school in the Spring 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
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Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Love this city after it rains, everything is so clear and green
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Love this city after it rains, everything is so clear and green
A dear and colleague, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Swanson was diagnosed with a pretty complex cancer this week. Sharing his Gofundme here if fellow industry folks and friends would like to donate/share
gofund.me/6f0850a30
gofund.me/6f0850a30
Donate to Support David Swanson's Cancer Battle, organized by David Strathearn
On November 14th, my 61st birthday, I, David Swanson, was diagnosed with squamo… David Strathearn needs your support for Support David Swanson's Cancer Battle
gofund.me
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A dear and colleague, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Swanson was diagnosed with a pretty complex cancer this week. Sharing his Gofundme here if fellow industry folks and friends would like to donate/share
gofund.me/6f0850a30
gofund.me/6f0850a30
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Volunteering with fellow union siblings at the LA Fed Thanksgiving Community Food Distro today…
Cars lined up around the block, and still plenty to hand out—if you’re local and need a lift with Thanksgiving Dinner plans, come thru :)
Cars lined up around the block, and still plenty to hand out—if you’re local and need a lift with Thanksgiving Dinner plans, come thru :)
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Volunteering with fellow union siblings at the LA Fed Thanksgiving Community Food Distro today…
Cars lined up around the block, and still plenty to hand out—if you’re local and need a lift with Thanksgiving Dinner plans, come thru :)
Cars lined up around the block, and still plenty to hand out—if you’re local and need a lift with Thanksgiving Dinner plans, come thru :)
Volunteering with fellow union siblings at the LA Fed Thanksgiving Community Food Distro today…
Cars lined up around the block, and still plenty to hand out—if you’re local and need a lift with Thanksgiving Dinner plans, come thru :)
Cars lined up around the block, and still plenty to hand out—if you’re local and need a lift with Thanksgiving Dinner plans, come thru :)
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Volunteering with fellow union siblings at the LA Fed Thanksgiving Community Food Distro today…
Cars lined up around the block, and still plenty to hand out—if you’re local and need a lift with Thanksgiving Dinner plans, come thru :)
Cars lined up around the block, and still plenty to hand out—if you’re local and need a lift with Thanksgiving Dinner plans, come thru :)
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Welcome back to the weekly digest, my friends. We've got a pretty solid one for you to round out your week: Starbucks workers on strike, grad workers militant as ever, unions across the country fighting back against the feds. PLUS some pretty rad WAW news that I'm stoked to announce :D Check er out:
Last Week in Labor: November 14-21 2025.
Welcome back to the weekly labor digest.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Welcome back to the weekly digest, my friends. We've got a pretty solid one for you to round out your week: Starbucks workers on strike, grad workers militant as ever, unions across the country fighting back against the feds. PLUS some pretty rad WAW news that I'm stoked to announce :D Check er out:
The surveillance apparatus in this country is such that you can bet with with a reasonable degree of certainty that your group chats will be infiltrated (successfully or unsuccessfully) at some point or another, and that they will make a mountain out of a molehill re: what you say
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The surveillance apparatus in this country is such that you can bet with with a reasonable degree of certainty that your group chats will be infiltrated (successfully or unsuccessfully) at some point or another, and that they will make a mountain out of a molehill re: what you say