Steve Gillis

ACT UP Boston demands ‘Housing & health care, not jails!’

Boston On Oct. 19, Massachusetts Republican Governor Charlie Baker, Democrat Attorney General Maura Healy and Mayor Kim Janey declared a…

October 28, 2021

‘Secretary of Labor: Which side are you on?’

On March 23, after a bipartisan Senate backrub, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was confirmed as Biden’s new Secretary of Labor.…

March 30, 2021

Boston School Bus Drivers Union blasts bosses’ reopening schemes

In direct confrontation with the U.S. ruling class’ monolithic drive to “reopen” schools and businesses, even as the pandemic continues…

March 15, 2021

Boston rallies for striking Indian workers, farmers

Hundreds of millions of Indian workers and farmers staged the world’s largest strike on Nov. 26 and are continuing to…

December 15, 2020

Thousands bust ‘Thanksgiving’ myth on 51st National Day of Mourning

Plymouth, Mass. November 26 marked the 51st National Day of Mourning. The first was in 1970 when Aquinnah Wampanoag elder…

December 1, 2020

Boston school workers shut down bosses’ “reopening”

Steve Gillis is the Financial Secretary, USW Local 8751 Teachers, bus drivers, monitor attendants, nurses and community forces converged on…

October 30, 2020

Boston Teamsters: Paratransit drivers win victory over union-busting contractor

Boston July 20 — Some 350 paratransit drivers in Boston celebrated their victory last night after waging a 100% solid,…

July 20, 2020

Role of a revolutionary party in an union

This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the“What Road to Socialism?” webinar held by Workers World…

May 22, 2020

Boston Uber and Lyft drivers rally in cars

Boston Uber/Lyft drivers occupied the Transportation Network Companies airport lot on April 6 and staged an in-car rally broadcast through…

April 16, 2020

Solidarity with low-wage worker fightback

Gillis is the financial secretary of United Steelworkers Local 8751, the Boston School Bus Drivers Union. Tens of millions of…

March 25, 2020