Labor & Employment Law

Work and Walk in Union-Made Boots with Discounts for Union Members

By Mike Hall

With apologies to Nancy Sinatra, these boots are made for working. And, they?re made by union members in Wausau, Wis.

The American-made, union-made boots by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) locals 668 and 717 members at the Weinbrenner Shoe Co., are  available online at TheUnionBootPro.com?and union members get a 27 percent discount. Walter Brown, owner of BootPro Solutions LLC, says roughly 98 percent of the work boots sold in the United States are made overseas, primarily China.

“As other well-known brands move operations offshore, the UnionBootPro has become the go-to  website for union members to find the work boots they demand?boots made by American workers.”

The three brands at TheUnionBootPro.com, Thorogood®, HellFire® and Work One®, are job fitted for virtually every professional trade in construction, manufacturing, metal works, mining, utilities, assembly, firefighting and law enforcement.

You can order online at www.TheUnionBootPro.com or call toll free 1-800-723-5384, Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. CDT.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on July 11, 2010 (boomark / email).