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<blockquote data-quote="Integrity" data-source="post: 1939748" data-attributes="member: 26800">Happy Thanksgiving Brethren,While flying about the facilities recently I couldn&#039;t help but notice a practice that concerns me for the safety of the Preloaders who work around the conveying system referred to at UPS as boxlines.I happened to notice a great many of you climbing&nbsp;&nbsp; on and in these contraptions while they were in motion.These seems to me that this is not a safe practice. Before moving forward on this concern is this practice part of the written methods taught during the initial training for this job at UPS?Sincerely,IPS The purpose of this discussion thread is not to gripe or complain about conditions at UPS, management, the Union or for that matter anything at all about UPS. The sole purpose of this discussion thread is to discuss the following work-related issue with other employees as an initial step in engaging in some concerted activity to bring this issue up to the company as a group. It is my hope that by addressing this issue in concert we will not only be working for our own mutual aid, protection and improved working conditions, but we will be working for the benefit of any and all coworkers that may have been adversely affected by this issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Integrity, post: 1939748, member: 26800"] Happy Thanksgiving Brethren, While flying about the facilities recently I couldn't help but notice a practice that concerns me for the safety of the Preloaders who work around the conveying system referred to at UPS as boxlines. I happened to notice a great many of you climbing on and in these contraptions while they were in motion. These seems to me that this is not a safe practice. Before moving forward on this concern is this practice part of the written methods taught during the initial training for this job at UPS? Sincerely, [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=7]I[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]PS The purpose of this discussion thread is not to gripe or complain about conditions at UPS, management, the Union or for that matter anything at all about UPS. The sole purpose of this discussion thread is to discuss the following work-related issue with other employees as an initial step in engaging in some concerted activity to bring this issue up to the company as a group. It is my hope that by addressing this issue in concert we will not only be working for our own mutual aid, protection and improved working conditions, but we will be working for the benefit of any and all coworkers that may have been adversely affected by this issue.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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