(CNN) – Workers at a Pennsylvania manufacturing plant got to clock out and go home for the first time in almost a month after a marathon effort to make material needed for personal protective medical equipment.
More than 40 employees volunteered to spend 28 days at the Braskem America plant in Marcus Hook, near Philadelphia, to make polypropylene — a raw material needed to make N95 masks, medical gowns and other protective gear, CNN affiliate WPVI reported. They went home on Sunday.
Braskem set up the live-in rotation to “to help ensure the health and safety of our team members who are working as an essential service throughout this crisis to keep these key supply lines running,” the company said in a news release.
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The crews worked 12-hour shifts, while they were away from their families and friends, but got occasional drive-by visits from loved ones, who waved signs and honked their horns in support, WPVI reported.
The company gave them an increase in wages and provided beds, kitchens, groceries, internet access and iPads.
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Workers at this manufacturing plant got to clock out last weekend and go home for the first time in almost a month after volunteering for a marathon effort to make material needed for N95 masks, medical gowns and other personal protective medical equipment https://t.co/Ehfi1QfBFK
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These are some of the real heros we are hearing about making personal sacrifices to help. Meanwhile we have the POTUS who stands up there patting himself on the back while saying “No I don’t take reponsibility. Not at all.”
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