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<blockquote data-quote="TwoScoops" data-source="post: 2090844" data-attributes="member: 62309"><p>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.)</p><p></p><p>My brother is... and my parents bought him some work boots as a gift.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>But now... based on what I'm reading here... he was correct!?</p><p>Does UPS really require employees to wear a certain type of shoe then obligate the employee to provide them!?</p><p></p><p>Someone please tell me I'm mistaken.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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!?</p><p></p><p>My brother and I must be missing something. Can someone here tell me how he goes about getting approved safety footwear from UPS?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwoScoops, post: 2090844, member: 62309"] 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? [/QUOTE]
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