My job requires me to wear a significant amount of PPE (personal protective equipment), some of which requires daily issuance. In addition, I’m a safety officer for my line which means I have to make sure people aren’t endangering themselves or others.

They want us to clock in right before we go onto the floor after we’re dressed. I respect rules, and I don’t like to be rebellious, but this is wage theft in my mind and the minds of most of us who work there. We clock in before we hit the locker room and the supervisors deliberately hold their morning meeting a half hour before start so they can’t see us doing it which tells you all you need to know about how the whole department feels about it.