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Local 117 Press Releases

• Republic pickets spread to 3 Puget Sound locations (4/17/2013)
• Workers to expose Theo Chocolate's Union busting (2/13/13)
• Workers at UNFI vote to ratify 5-year contract; strike ends! (2/8/13)
• Community action forum to discuss UNFI labor dispute (1/17/13)
• State correctional employees march on the State Capitol to fight for fairness (1/10/13)
• Community rallies in support of workers unlawfully permanently replaced by UNFI (12/20/13)
• UNFI unlawfully moves to replace 72 employees; strike resumes (12/14/13)
• 45 unfair labor practice charges force strike at UNFI (12/11/12)
• Workers picket UNFI over intimidation tactics, failure to bargain (11/25/12)
• Consumer, labor groups to leaflet Whole Foods at 6 Seattle-area locations (9/20/12)
• Teamsters tell Whole Foods:  Don't support child labor (9/12/12)
• UNFI, Whole Foods fail to denounce links to child labor (9/12/12)
• Potential strike looming at major food service conglomerate (9/12/12)
• Drivers, warehouse workers at UNFI vote overwhelmingly to strike (9/10/12)
• Recycle and yard waste workers ratify 6-year contract (8/3/12)
• Recycle drivers extend pickets north (7/31/12)
• Waste Management rejects Union's latest bid to resolve crisis (7/28/12)
• Waste Management continues to sabotage the bargaining process (7/26/12)
• Recycle drivers to update the community on Thursday at 2PM (7/25/12)
• Federal labor law violations provoke strike at Waste Management (7/23/12)
• Hundreds expected to rally after King County Courthouse action (7/17/12)
• Waste Management continues to provoke recycle drivers by refusing to bargain (7/13/12)
• Seattle taxi cab operators vote to form new association (6/25/12)
• Waste Management refuses to bargain, pushes plan to lockout recycle drivers (6/18/12)
• Waste Management prepares to lockout recycle drivers (6/10/12)
• Davis Wire pickets spread to Irwindale, CA; workers honor lines (6/1/12)
• Federal labor law violations provoke strike at Davis Wire (5/23/12)
• Davis Wire sued for working employees 12 hours a day without breaks (5/10/12)
• Teamsters condemn Hostess for corporate looting (4/23/12)
• UW charged with 6 violations of Washington State Labor Law (1/6/12)
• US Foods pickets spread; Local 117 members honor lines at Fife facility (11/4/11)

Local 117 Letters to the Editor

• With CEO pay soaring, workers are fighting back (6/25/12)
• Communications officer unfairly blamed in Josh Powell tragedy (2/13/12)
• Inmates should not have access to uniforms - published in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin (1/24/12)
• DOC officials are also to blame - published in the Everett Herald (1/11/12)
• Thompson letter to the editors of the WWUB (3/25/11)
• Teamsters defend workers, public safety - published in the Union Bulletin on May 21, 2010
• Public-sector employees defended - published in the Columbian on January 10, 2010

Local 117 Editorials

• Broadnax taking a shortsighted approach to fixing Tacoma's fiscal crisis - published in the Tacoma News Tribune on October 5, 2012
• Staff safety in our prisons must be a top priority - published in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin on 2/29/12
• Thompson editorial outlines the dangers of early release (4/19/11)
• County executive not being fair for blaming unions for budget problems - published in the Tacoma News Tribune on December 2, 2010
• Reductions at the Department of Corrections have gone too far - published in the Olympian on Nov. 1, 2010 
• Union wants clarity - not an end to volunteer efforts - published in the Tacoma News Tribune on August 4, 2010
• Correctional employees deserve affordable insurance - published Sept. 15 in the Tri-City Herald
• State workers shouldn't bear all of the burden - published in the Tacoma News Tribune on March 2, 2010
• Mothballing prison units in Washington state a long-term mistake - published in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin on November 10, 2009
• Stop Scapegoating King County Employees over Budget Woes – published in the Seattle Times on August 26, 2009