They lived in a factory for 28 days to make millions of pounds of raw PPE materials

[Shrek]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/23/factory-masks-coronavirus-ppe/

At his factory just off the Delaware River, in the far southeastern corner of Pennsylvania, Joe Boyce clocked in on March 23 for the longest shift of his life.

In his office, an air mattress replaced his desk chair. He brought a toothbrush and shaving kit, moving into the Braskem petrochemical plant in Marcus Hook, Pa., as if it were a makeshift college dormitory. The casual office kitchen became a mess hall for him and his 42 co-workers turned roommates. The factory’s emergency operations center became their new lounge room.

For 28 days, they did not leave — sleeping and working all in one place.

In what they called a “live-in” at the factory, the undertaking was just one example of the endless ways that Americans in every industry have uniquely contributed to fighting coronavirus. The 43 men went home Sunday after each working 12-hour shifts all day and night for a month straight, producing tens of millions of pounds of the raw materials that will end up in face masks and surgical gowns worn on the front lines of the pandemic.

No one told them they had to do it, Braskem America CEO Mark Nikolich said. All of the workers volunteered, hunkering down at the plant to ensure no one caught the virus outside as they sought to meet the rocketing demand for their key product, polypropylene, which is needed to make various medical and hygienic items.

[LakeArenal]

1. Everyone should get a medal.

Remember when Walmart only sold USA products.

Remember the three person in line promise to always open other aisles


Remember when Walmart employees were locked in to fill shelves.

The management is horrible.

[KentuckyWoman]

2. HUGE K&R - all of these folks, all over the country are heroes. NT