New York : A Detroit man, James Robertson, walks 21 miles every day to get to his factory job.
Robertson, who is 56 years old, started walking to his workplace, Schain Mold and Engineering, after his 1988 Honda Accord broke down, and has been taking the road 5 days a week by foot and partly by bus for the last 10 years to cover the 23-mile distance to Rochester Hills, Mich., the New York Post reported.
His boss, Todd Wilson, said that has set Robertson as an example to other employees. “If this man can get here, walking all those miles through snow and rain, well, I’ll tell you, I have people in Pontiac 10 minutes away and they say they can’t get here — bull!” Wilson said.
Robertson said that he sleeps a lot on the weekend, but just couldn’t imagine not working.
He earns $10.55 per hour, well above Michigan’s minimum wage of $8.15 an hour. However, the pay is still not enough to buy, maintain and insure a car in the Motor City.
Robertson said he was unaware of the Job Access and Reverse Commute programme, funded in part with federal dollars, that provides door-to-door transportation to low-income workers, albeit at a cost.
