With the UAW strike happening, some workers who are accustomed to spending whole days on their feet have seen their lifestyle change significantly since they walked out from the General Motors facility in Langhorne, writes Nick Devlin for CBS News Philadelphia.
Charmian Hughes-Leslie, an acting president of UAW Local 2177, has been spending her days since the strike started at the picket lines with her fellow plant employees. She makes sure that there is always ice in the cooler and enough wood for the firepit.
This is a huge change from spending a day on the factory floor, where her fitness app shows she often walks close to 10 miles per day. While walking, she usually has to push around a 20-pound cart that carries multiple parcels of auto parts that can weigh from 15 to 40 pounds.
But while she is not walking as much, she is no less busy during the strike.
“You don’t even realize [how much] you’re doing here,” she said. “You’re picking up ice, moving things of soda and water, and you’re walking back and forth with the picket signs. We’re not just sitting there, right?”
Read more about the UAW workers at CBS News Philadelphia.
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