After work, Mal Haley likes to watch the sun rise over Nova Scotia’s LaHave River — it’s a calming routine after 12 hours of intense heat and piercing alarms.
Haley watches the sunlight-tinted water charge toward the Atlantic on her drive home after an overnight shift at the Michelin tire factory.
Once, the river gave the town life. Today, it’s Michelin that keeps Bridgewater afloat.
Haley is exhausted. Twenty-four hours before, she roused her three-year-old son William, took him to daycare and got on with the day’s chores. She hasn’t slept since.
All her life, Haley has called Bridgewater home. She’s worked at the Michelin factory for almost 10 years. Now 28, one-third of…