Author: Stephen Millies

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Amazon

From Alabama to Harlem ― Union rights are human rights!

March 3, 2021 Stephen Millies
Winter rain didn’t stop people from coming out on Feb. 28 in Harlem to show their support for the Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala. More than a hundred people demonstrated in front of the Amazon-owned […]
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Labor and strikes

How a Black elevator operator helped forge the SEIU

March 1, 2021 Stephen Millies
One of the largest unions in the United States is the Service Employees International Union. Two million essential workers belong to it. Hospital workers belonging to 1199SEIU are on the front lines of the coronavirus […]
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Amazon

Brooklyn supports Amazon workers

February 22, 2021 Stephen Millies
“Amazon workers, we stand with you! Unions are a human right!” Those were two of the slogans shouted on Linden Boulevard in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn on Feb. 20. Close to a […]
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In the U.S.

Texas tragedy wasn’t inevitable: Take over the utilities!

February 21, 2021 Stephen Millies
Feb. 20 — Millions of people in Texas are living in misery after a winter storm hit the state. For days they have been without heat, light and water.  The loss of electricity caused food […]
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Fight racism

Black workers matter

February 18, 2021 Stephen Millies
For over 50 years, the wealthy and powerful have tried to claw back what was won by the Black liberation movement in the 1960s. Richard Nixon and the presidents that followed dramatically escalated the war […]
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Labor and strikes

The Senate says no to $15

February 6, 2021 Stephen Millies
The United States Senate voted unanimously against raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour. Not a single senator yelled “nay” in a Feb. 4 voice vote that prohibited the pay increase. […]
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Amazon

Rosa Parks vs. Amazon

February 5, 2021 Stephen Millies
The labor of Amazon workers during the COVID-19 disaster has been absolutely essential. At least 20,000 of them have caught the coronavirus while working through the pandemic. Without any labor of his own, Amazon boss […]
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Labor and strikes

Bronx produce workers fight for justice

January 23, 2021 Stephen Millies
Bulletin: Because of the courage of the striking workers, and the support given to them by the community, a tentative agreement was reached Jan. 22. The 8.6 million people living in the Big Apple eat […]
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Fight racism

Disbar Rudy Giuliani – Reinstate Alton Maddox!

January 22, 2021 Stephen Millies
Rudy Giuliani may finally be kicked out of the courts. He’s been busy there trying to get Black votes thrown out in cities like Detroit and Philadelphia. The New York State Bar Association is considering […]
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Fight racism

Harlem remembers Dr. King the fighter

January 20, 2021 Stephen Millies
A hundred people braved cold winds to honor the fightback legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Harlem on Jan. 18. People gathered at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building plaza. A […]