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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 Message
Brothers and Sisters:
With the ever escalating war on the middle class, it seems that this past year has been one long battle. Fighting to ensure that our members work in a safe environment; fighting against greedy corporations who seek to increase their record profits by taking medical benefits and retirement security away from their workers; fighting to ensure dignity and respect for every worker; fighting to protect the American Dream. Read more
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Members of Teamsters Local 117 from across our Union converged on the State Capitol in Olympia on Wednesday to meet with their legislators and discuss critical issues confronting working families. It was the first of three Local 117 Lobby Days, designed to provide members with an opportunity to learn more about the legislative process and to make their voices heard. Read More...
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CRITICAL HEARING ON HB 2346 - OFFICERS' UNIFORM BILL: There is an important hearing on HB 2346 in Olympia this week! HB 2346, a bill that would exempt correctional officers from wearing uniforms made by inmates, will be heard before the General Government Appropriations & Oversight Committee this Thursday, February 2nd at 8:00am in Olympia. Read More...
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It was an impressive show of force. Teamster correctional employees from across the State, along with representatives of the Sheriffs, State Patrol, Firefighters and State Labor Council, packed into a cramped hearing room on Friday to voice their support of HB 2346, a bill that would exempt officers from wearing uniforms made by inmates. Read More...
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January 29th marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Jayme Lee Biendl, the State correctional officer who was tragically murdered in the prison chapel of the Monroe Correctional Complex last year.
Jayme’s savage murder had a devastating impact on our State’s corrections’ employees. Read More...
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"The future is in recycling,” said Secretary-Treasurer Tracey A. Thompson as the initial demands meeting for Local 117 members working for Waste Management got underway on January 14. Read More...
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