Lead Belly
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Maybe he has a foot fetish.
Work shoes = boots? "Zero tolerance"
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RealPerson
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They have to have slip resistant soles and a sturdy leather upper. Black or brown polishable. That is all that required.
rod
Retired 22 years
Fedup5829491
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I wear new balance work shoes. I have seen guys show up with their basketball shoes. I know some of them have been told they can't wear them but it still happens. I worked for fedex express for 8 years and I would laugh at what the fedex ground drivers got away with wearing. I have seen them wearing blue jeans and a uniform shirt. We issued rain gear but I always wore my own on the road.
Fedup5829491
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When I was hired at fedex express they paid for my steel toe work shoes. After a month I didn't see anyone wearing them so I got some comfortable shoes and never looked back haha. I don't recall anyone ever having to wear those after I was hired. When your own your feet for that long and walk that much you need something comfortable.
ski or die
Ski or Die
I worked clerical union. We weren't permitted to wear tennis shoes. I was told by management the reason was a pencil could possible fall off the desk onto to someone's foot and injure someone. And that's the truth, exactly as the manager explained it to me. No one in our office ever got lead poisoning. Guess they were right.
rod
Retired 22 years
Heaven forbid that that would happen. That's kind of like the time two of us were called into the office and chewed out because I needed off early so my friend took a half a dozen rural stops off me that bordered his route (without their permission). They accused us of "playing in the sandbox with each other". Damn we felt bad when we walked out of that meeting.
Packmule
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I Don't worry about polish able, they're covered in dust or snow five minutes after I leave the building anyway. I Demand waterproof year round and a good arch support. You'll never beat Keens on either. Not only saves the ankles, saves the knees too because of the arch support.
twoweeled
Well-Known Member
There may be more. Like non slip soles and other stuff. They are going to be making an issue of everything, real soon. Like it's already started.
I'm not a UPSer. (I figured I should start with that since I'm not sure if I'm actually allowed here or not.)
My brother is... and my parents bought him some work boots as a gift.
My Mom told me in conversation later he wasn't impressed with their choice of gift (maybe in the mindset that a gift should be for recreation not work, I don't know). I told her I kind of agreed since UPS (I was assuming) had a program that somehow provides OSHA/ANSI approved footwear for employees (through quartermaster or reimbursement or something) and, as such, they'd gotten him a gift he could have gotten for free anyway.
My brother told me no such program existed their. I thought he must be mistaken and just had not looked into it well enough. I mean, after all, UPS employees are Teamsters and surely the IBT would not allow an employer to obligate employees to wear a certain type of anything said employer wasn't providing. So I did an internet search that led me here.
But now... based on what I'm reading here... he was correct!?
Does UPS really require employees to wear a certain type of shoe then obligate the employee to provide them!?
Someone please tell me I'm mistaken.
My current employer (who employs a unionized workforce) started requiring that everyone wear a safety toe shoe at work about ten years ago and ever since implementing that requirement gives each employee a $200 voucher every year to go and purchase a new pair.
Prior to that I worked for FedEx (a pirate company) who reimbursed me up to $X (I don't remember the amount) for the purchase of shoes fitting their requirements (whatever OSHA/ANSI standards those may have been I do not recall) when I started.
Prior to that I was a cop (in a right to work State nonetheless) when the agency distributed a memo telling us we all had to start wearing "non-slip" shoes, but that they would reimburse us for shoes meeting the new requirements they were implementing.
So how is it that three smaller companies, one that's a pirate company, and one in a pro-employer State, all paid for the equipment they required employee's to wear but an IBT supported company with a bigger workforce does not!?
My brother and I must be missing something. Can someone here tell me how he goes about getting approved safety footwear from UPS?
My brother is... and my parents bought him some work boots as a gift.
My Mom told me in conversation later he wasn't impressed with their choice of gift (maybe in the mindset that a gift should be for recreation not work, I don't know). I told her I kind of agreed since UPS (I was assuming) had a program that somehow provides OSHA/ANSI approved footwear for employees (through quartermaster or reimbursement or something) and, as such, they'd gotten him a gift he could have gotten for free anyway.
My brother told me no such program existed their. I thought he must be mistaken and just had not looked into it well enough. I mean, after all, UPS employees are Teamsters and surely the IBT would not allow an employer to obligate employees to wear a certain type of anything said employer wasn't providing. So I did an internet search that led me here.
But now... based on what I'm reading here... he was correct!?
Does UPS really require employees to wear a certain type of shoe then obligate the employee to provide them!?
Someone please tell me I'm mistaken.
My current employer (who employs a unionized workforce) started requiring that everyone wear a safety toe shoe at work about ten years ago and ever since implementing that requirement gives each employee a $200 voucher every year to go and purchase a new pair.
Prior to that I worked for FedEx (a pirate company) who reimbursed me up to $X (I don't remember the amount) for the purchase of shoes fitting their requirements (whatever OSHA/ANSI standards those may have been I do not recall) when I started.
Prior to that I was a cop (in a right to work State nonetheless) when the agency distributed a memo telling us we all had to start wearing "non-slip" shoes, but that they would reimburse us for shoes meeting the new requirements they were implementing.
So how is it that three smaller companies, one that's a pirate company, and one in a pro-employer State, all paid for the equipment they required employee's to wear but an IBT supported company with a bigger workforce does not!?
My brother and I must be missing something. Can someone here tell me how he goes about getting approved safety footwear from UPS?
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
Easy. He doesn't.
I'm sorry to hear that. Not just for my brother but for all of you. Thank you for answering though.
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