OUR MISSION  Passionately providing a voice to the membership,Teamsters Local Union No. 117 empowers and unites workers. With integrity and an unwavering dedication to economic and social justice, we organize, educate, and lead collective and political action to protect and expand the rights, wages and benefits of working families. This is your Union.

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Secretary-Treasurer's Welcome

Welcome to Teamsters Local 117. It is my great honor to tell you about your amazing Union.

Whether at the bargaining table, a community picnic or a membership meeting, Teamsters Local 117 passionately provides a voice to its 16,000 members. Working together with our strong membership, we empower and unite our members to fight for economic and social justice and to expand and protect wages, benefits and working conditions. Our overarching goal is to improve the lives of all working families. Read more

What's New at Local 117:

Teamster Talk - New Issue! Posted On: Jul 26, 2010 (08:33:25) Check out the new issue of the Local 117 newsletter, Teamster Talk.  This issue contains articles on an arbitration win that put a member back to work after 18 months and members at Coke fighting to retain health care benefits for retirees. To see a print version of the newsletter, click here.Sign up to receive an electronic copy of Teamster Talk Read More...

Local 117 member in the spotlight - Andrew Johnson, Safeway Updated On: Jul 22, 2010 (08:18:00) Teamsters Local 117 member, Andy Johnson, learned the value of his Union from his family, but not in the way you might expect. For Johnson, Unions were not instinctual, part of his lineage or in his blood. Instead, Johnson saw how his father was mistreated at work, with no pension and no job security, and his sister with a university degree couldn’t afford health insurance Read More...

Arbitration win puts SHA employee back on his feet Updated On: Jul 21, 2010 (08:13:00) Life has been a roller-coaster ride for Jerome Foster. One day he’s celebrated as a hero for rescuing an elderly lady from her burning apartment building; the next day he gets unjustly terminated from his job at the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA), evicted from his apartment, and forced to live on the streets Read More...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Teamsters vow to work with County to contain costs, solve structural mess Updated On: Jul 14, 2010 (11:03:00) Teamsters Local 117, a labor organization that represents approximately 1500 employees at King County, responded to King County Executive Dow Constantine’s announced wage freeze for his staff for 2011 by saying that the Union is prepared to work with the County to contain costs and help solve the County’s ongoing structural problem Read More...

Local 117 files grievance and ULP over furlough, seeks injunctive relief Posted On: Jul 09, 2010 (16:48:19) Your Local Union has been taking all available legal action to challenge DOC on furloughs. Teamsters Local 117 filed a grievance, alleging that DOC violated numerous sections of your collective bargaining agreement by implementing furloughs. DOC has agreed to process the grievance on an expedited basis Read More...

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