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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

‘It’s killing us all slowly’: how the night shift is taking a toll on US workers

Healthcare workers walk in for the night shift at the emergency entrance of the California Hospital Medical Center in downtown Los Angeles, in February 2022.
Healthcare workers walk in for the night shift at the emergency entrance of the California Hospital Medical Center in downtown Los Angeles, in February 2022. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

Roger Reinhardt works the third shift at a beer production facility in Michigan from 10pm-8am, four days a week. He started working nights because it was the only shift available when he was hired, but he has continued doing it for the extra pay.

But is not not easy.

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