This week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case - Friedrichs v. the California Teachers Association - that could have sweeping implications for working families in Washington and across this country.

Family, strength, community - those are our values as union members. Teamsters in our South Sound shops met on Saturday in Tacoma to talk about how to promote those values through interviews with every single member.

Google and Facebook drivers want to be Teamsters. A group of drivers met with a representative at Google Headquarters in Kirkland today and asked for Teamsters Local 117 to be recognized as their collective bargaining representative.

Legislative Session Begins on Tuesday, January 11 - Here Are Our Priorities.

We will be bringing a powerful team of 40 Teamsters to the 2016 Convention of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters this June.

Teamsters Local 117 DOC Lobby Day - January 26, 2016.

South Sound Leadership Summit - Register Here!

What are you thankful for? This was the question asked to dozens of members at our holiday membership meeting on December 17. We heard lots of things - check out a few of the responses in this short video.

John Scearcy, the Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 117, has published a guest editorial piece in the Everett Herald about the sacrifice that Teamsters who work at the Department of Corrections and other public safety professionals make, especially during the holiday season.

Last night was our annual Holiday Meeting extravaganza, with hundreds of members from all across our union coming together for solidarity and our raffle drawing.

Get ready! Our Holiday Membership Meeting extravaganza is this Thursday, December 17, at 7 P.M. at the Union hall in Tukwila.