The new issue of our Guardian newsletter is now available. The Guardian focuses on news and information for our members who work at the Department of Corrections.

Now that we’ve reached the midpoint of legislative session, it's a good time for an update on policy issues that impact working families.

Bargaining is heating up at QCD and our members are not standing down. Members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike after an update meeting yesterday at the Union hall in Tukwila.

Last night, a half a dozen Teamster Union Reps, including Secretary-Treasurer John Scearcy, and Vice President Marcus Williams, visited members at the United Natural Foods, Inc warehouse in Auburn.

Our King County Coalition of Unions negotiated Total Compensation bargaining with the County last year covering basic compensation elements of your contract, which was overwhelmingly ratified by individual bargaining units within the King County Coalition of Unions.

Another group at the state's Department of Corrections has joined Teamsters 117.

Members who work at two more companies - Fleischmann's Vinegar in Sumner and Paco in Seattle - voted overwhelmingly to ratify their contracts this week.

Teamsters who work at US Foods voted overwhelmingly yesterday afternoon to ratify a new 4-year contract.

It was an impressive show of union power: Hundreds of Teamsters 117 Shop Stewards filling a massive auditorium at the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle.

We'll be welcoming seventy DOC Shop Stewards today for our annual meeting here at the Union hall. The meeting precedes our Shop Steward Seminar at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle tomorrow.

It's a busy weekend coming up. We've got hundreds of Stewards coming into town from all across the state for our annual Shop Stewards Seminar and Appreciation Day. About 270 are expected to gather at the Washington State Convention Center starting at 7:30am on Saturday.

Members at Macy's Logistics voted last Wednesday to ratify a new four-year contract. The agreement secured wage increases in every year of the contract and the highest pension increases that the group has seen in several years.

This weekend, hundreds of Teamster Shop Stewards from across the state will be gathering in Seattle for our annual Shop Steward Seminar and Appreciation Day.

Are you the parent of a student in need of money for trade school or college? We are now accepting applications for the 2017 Jeff Alfieri Scholarship. The Local 117 Jeff Alfieri Scholarship of up to $2000 is awarded to outstanding students whose parents are members of Teamsters Local 117.