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Upcoming Events:

Executive Board Meeting
Sep 09, 2010
Teamsters Local 117

DOC Know your Rights Training
Sep 10, 2010
Guesthouse Inn (19103 SR 2, Monroe, WA 98272)

King County COLA Strategy Meeting
Sep 14, 2010
Teamsters Building, Tukwila

Membership Meeting
Sep 16, 2010
Teamsters Local 117: 14675 Interurban Ave. S.; Tukwila, WA 98168

Executive Board Meeting
Oct 14, 2010
Teamsters Local 117

Organize@Work

Organize Your Workplace

Try out our online assessment to see if your workplace can benefit from union representation.
Contact a Teamsters 117 organizer.

Do you live in the Puget Sound Region and work in a non-union workplace?

If your answer is yes, then you've come to the right place.

Teamsters Local 117 serves 16,000 members throughout the Puget Sound Region and Washington State. Our members enjoy wages, benefits and job protections that are leading the way in our region.

Our members work in all kinds of jobs, from blue-collar warehouse and trucking to white collar professionals and law enforcement professionals. Teamsters Local 117 has the experience to effectively represent a diverse work force.

Can Your Workplace Be Organized?

Take this quick assessment to see if your workplace can benefit from Union representation.

1. Does your employer sometimes promote employees based upon whom they know rather than what they do?

2. Does your employer ever require that you work mandatory overtime on short notice?

3. Does your employer give you more responsibility without an increase in pay?

4. Do you get regular wage increases that reward you for the true value of your work?

5. Do you pay a premium for your health insurance?

6. Do you pay extra to put your dependents on your health insurance?

7. Are people disciplined or fired at your workplace for little or no reason?

8. Are you working too many hours?

9. Do you feel that you have a career path and a future in your current job?

10. Do you feel that your ideas are listened to and valued by your employer?

Score the Quiz

Contact a Teamster Organizer...

Bringing new workplaces the benefits of Teamsters representation is something we do on a daily basis.

Our Organizing Department works with you to tailor an organizing campaign that will give you the greatest chance of success in achieving your goals.

Teamsters 117 contracts can make your workplace a better place. Our negotiators work with you to tailor a contract to solve the issues you face on a daily basis.

For more information, contact Leonard Smith at 206-441-4860 extension 1237, toll free at 1-888-872-3489, by e-mail at Leonard.smith@teamsters117.org, or by filling out and submitting our organizing Web form.