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This day is May 1, International Workers Day. Andaround the world, it is traditionally a day tocelebrate labor¹. Today workers from Amazon andWalmart and Target and other companies areorganizing mass protests. They say the companiesaren't doing enough to protect them. NPR'sShannon Bond has more.

SHANNON BOND, BYLINE²: The hashtag for today's protest is #EssentialWorkersDay. Thoseessential workers check you out at the supermarket, pack your online orders, deliver yourgroceries. They've been thrust onto the front lines. Some have even died from the coronavirus. Now they're demanding more protective equipment, expanded sick leave and better pay bywalking off the job and protesting outside stores.

WILLY SOLIS: We're dealing³ with multibillion-dollar companies here, and we are — we're avery, very small group, individually speaking, when it comes down to trying to address theseissues against these companies.

BOND: Willy Solis works for the grocery delivery app Shipt, which is owned by Target. Heorganized a walkout of Shipt workers in April, one of many protests in recent weeks bydelivery, warehouse⁴ and retail⁵ workers. He says today's strike is about bringing all thesedifferent workers together to show how much they have in common.

SOLIS: It seems to be profit over people for the most part, and that is where the disconnectis because, at the end of the day, the workforce⁶ and the work laborers⁷ are the ones that arehelping these companies become who they are.

BOND: As the pandemic puts low-wage work in the spotlight⁸, Solis and other organizers arehoping to seize the public's attention and galvanize a new wave of labor activism across abroad range of companies. They come from traditional organizations like Walmart, FedEx, Whole Foods, Target; the new gig economy apps like Instacart and Shipt; and fast-growingAmazon warehouses⁹. A note — most of these companies are among NPR's sponsors.

It's unclear how many people will participate today. The companies, in response, say theywelcome input¹⁰ from workers. They've increased pay and stepped up health and safetymeasures. However, Amazon accuses labor groups of being irresponsible by making falseclaims about the company. It says protesters don't represent the majority of workers.

Shannon Bond, NPR News.

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

4 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

5 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

6 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

7 laborers   

n.体力劳动者，工人( laborer的名词复数 )；（熟练工人的）辅助工

参考例句：

• Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言

8 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

9 warehouses   

仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。

10 input   

n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机

参考例句：

• I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
• All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。