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Brian Tierney

Brian Tierney is a freelance labor journalist in Washington, DC. Read more of his work at Subterranean Dispatches, where this article first appeared.

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January 22, 2012
Military Intervention vs. Maritime Union Power
25 Comments
December 16, 2011
Remembering Pittston: 99 Strikers Who Occupied Before Occupy
1 Comments
November 5, 2011
The One Percent Scrambles to Maintain Profits – and Order
36 Comments
October 15, 2011
Amid Possible Strike, D.C. Labor and Occupy Movements March Together
27 Comments
October 5, 2011
Look for Working-Class Warriors at Picket Lines, Not Podiums
8 Comments
September 21, 2011
The Fight for Troy Does Not End Tonight
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September 8, 2011
The Fight for Jobs and Justice, Then and Now
3 Comments
August 22, 2011
Unions End the Biggest Strike in Years—but the Battle for Verizon Workers Continues
6 Comments
June 29, 2011
­­­­Activists to Confront Georgia’s Juan Crow Racism this Weekend
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June 13, 2011
Taxicab Takeover: D.C. Drivers Organize to Defend Jobs
6 Comments