Teamsters Local 117 represents thousands of members at over 100 private sector employers in a wide range of industries, including the grocery, food service, dairy, soft drink, solid waste, steel, rental car, bakery, and laundry industries. 

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Archived private sector news articles and information:

• Shop Stewards to meet for annual seminar (3/11/13)
• Scholarship opportunities available for Local 117 families (3/11/13)
• Teamster Talk #23: Stronger Together! (2/23/13)
• Hostess workers eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance (2/21/13)
• Theo Chocolate's Union busting exposed (2/15/13)
• Teamsters at UNFI ratify 5-year contract (2/8/13)
• Setting the record straight: Local 117 responds to UNFI's CEO (1/30/13)
• Community vows to hold UNFI accountable (1/24/13)
• Workers won't swallow UNFI's poison pill (1/12/13)
• Strike update: Workers waiting for UNFI to honor committment (1/11/13)
• Food co-ops refuse orders in support of striking workers (12/28/12)
• PCC issues statement of support (12/21/12)
• Community rallies in support of workers at UNFI (12/20/12)
• Teamster Talk #22 - A call to arms! (12/17/12)
• UNFI strike resumes after ruthless move by employer (12/15/12)
• Strike ends with workers' good-faith offer to return to work (12/14/12)
• ILRF report condemns UNFI for serious labor rights violations (12/14/12)
• 45 unfair labor practice charges force strike at UNFI (12/11/12)
• Mayor McGinn announces $1.24 million settlement with Waste Management (9/25/12)
• Safeway Azteca crowned soccer kings (9/25/12)
• Sysco and FSA Teamsters vote in overwhelming members to ratify their contracts (9/24/12)
• Consumer, labor groups to leaflet Whole Foods at 6 Seattle-area locations (9/20/12)
• Thompson sworn in as Trustee on JC 28 Executive Board (9/20/12)
• Aramark Teamster - riding for a cause (9/18/12)
• Drivers, warehouse workers at Sysco unanimously pass final strike vote (9/17/12)
• Contract fights across our union (9/13/12)
• Teamster Talk #21 - new issue! (9/12/12)
• Whole Foods: Don't support child labor chocolate maker (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)
• Sysco comes after Teamsters health care (8/31/12)
• Recycle and yard waste drivers at Waste Management ratify 6-year contract (8/2/12)
• City of Burien follows Seattle's lead with stern letter to Waste Management (8/1/12)
• Recycle drivers extend pickets north (7/31/12)
• Teamsters at Davis Wire say thank you! (7/31/12)
• Warning! Waste Management replacement drivers may be on the road in your neighborhood (7/31/12)
• Waste Management rejects Union's latest bid to resolve crisis (7/28/12)
• Mayor McGinn issues stern warning to Waste Management (7/28/12)
• Sierra Club issues statement in support of recycle drivers (7/27/12)
• Waste Management continues to sabotage the bargaining process (7/26/12)
• Support striking Teamsters at Waste Management (7/26/12)
• Federal labor law violations provoke strike at Waste Management (7/25/12)
• Taxi drivers take message to the public (7/18/12)
• Community rallies in support of striking workers (7/18/12)
• Hundreds expected to rally after King County Courthouse action (7/17/12)
• Waste Management continues to provoke recycle drivers by failing to bargain (7/13/12)
• Waste Management workers prepare community for lockout (7/7/12)
• With CEO pay rising, workers are fighting back (6/26/12)
• Seattle taxi cab operators vote to form new association (6/23/12)
• Waste Management refuses to bargain, pushes plan to lockout recycle drivers (6/18/12)
• Teamster Talk #20 - Local 117 on strike! (6/9/12)
• Waste Management prepares to lockout recycle drivers (6/7/12)
• Local 117 wins Hertz shuttler arbitration (6/5/12)
• Elected officials and candidates visit Davis Wire strike line (6/1/12)
• Davis Wire pickets spread to Irwindale, CA; workers honor lines (6/1/12)
• Support striking Teamsters at Davis Wire (5/23/12)
• Local 117 on strike at Davis Wire (5/23/12)
• Recycle and yard waste drivers unanimously authorize strike (5/16/12)
• Teamsters denounce miserable working conditions in Amazon warehouse (5/11/12)
• Davis Wire sued for working employees 12 hours a day without breaks (5/10/12)
• Republic Services locks out Teamsters in Indiana (5/9/12)
• Teamsters march for good jobs at Sea-Tac airport (5/2/12)
• Teamster Talk #19 - Recycle power! (4/19/12)