A group of factory workers in southeastern Pennsylvania clocked in one day in late March. They didn’t clock out for 28 days. The Washington Post writes:

I”n 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.“

The workers at Braskem America all volunteered for the long shifts. The company makes polypropylene, described as one of the earliest links in the supply chain of PPE.

“We were just happy to be able to help. We’ve been getting messages on social media from nurses, doctors, EMS workers, saying thank you for what we’re doing. But we want to thank them for what they did and are continuing to do. That’s what made the time we were in there go by quickly, just being able to support them.” – Joe Boyce, Braskem America via The Washington Post

Watch the story below from WPVI-TV in Philadelphia.