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Workers Are Fighting for Their Lives on May Day. They Deserve to Be Heard.

A conversation with Adam Ryan, a Target worker in Virginia and liaison for Target Workers Unite.

Maximillian Alvarez

A Target cashier rings up customers at a Target store May 15, 2006 in Albany, California. Target announced a 12 percent rise in profit in its quarterly earnings report, falling short of market expectations. Target stock closed at $50.02, down $2.19. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Maximillian Alvarez is a writer and editor based in Baltimore and the host of Working People, ​“a podcast by, for, and about the working class today.” His work has been featured in venues like In These Times, The Nation, The Baffler, Current Affairs, and The New Republic.

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