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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 editor-in-chief at the Real News Network and host of the podcast Working People, available at InThe​se​Times​.com. He is also the author of The Work of Living: Working People Talk About Their Lives and the Year the World Broke.

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