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 May 1, 2020

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)

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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