Ride-hail companies Uber and Lyft are pocketing an increasing share from what passengers pay while drivers are earning less, according to a new report released today by the App-Based Drivers Association. 

Seattle Uber and Lyft drivers will hold a Driver Speak Out! event and press conference on Wednesday to highlight increasingly high company take rates, low driver pay, issues around deactivation and other driver concerns as Uber prepares to go public later this week.

Community support has been overwhelming for Teamsters at Industrial Container Services (ICS) who are fighting for a fair contract.

It’s a victory a decade in the making. For ten years, Teamsters across Washington State made phone calls, wrote emails, and met face-to-face with legislators. We rallied on the steps of the state house, spoke out in the press, and marched around the Capitol grounds in Olympia.

At 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, Governor Inslee will sign into law bills granting statutory interest arbitration rights for our members at the Department of Corrections and University of Washington Police Department (SB 5021/SB 5022)

When members come together and get involved in their union, we can accomplish great things.

With a labor dispute looming at Veritiv, 38-year Teamster Roderick Boettger recalls a two-day strike at the company early in his career.

Thanks to some shrewd investigatory reporting by KIRO 7's Jesse Jones, Shasta's dirty tricks are finally being exposed. 

On Friday, the State House and Senate finalized the legislation for our Department of Corrections (DOC) and University of Washington Police Department (UWPD) interest arbitration bills (SB 5021/SB 5022).

On Saturday, our interest arbitration bill (SB 5021) for Teamsters at the DOC cleared another critical hurdle when it passed out of the House Appropriations committee on a vote of 26-6.

Have a kid who needs cash for class? Teamsters 117 is now accepting applications for the 2019 Jeff Alfieri Scholarship.

Teamsters who work at UNFI in Auburn and the Supervalu distribution center in Tacoma are standing together.

Community pressure on Industrial Container Services (ICS) continues to intensify.

Starting at the end of March, we will be holding spring Membership Meetings for all DOC Teamsters at facilities across the State.

You are invited a very special event. Teamsters 117 will be holding its first-ever Womxn's Conference She/Us/We Rising Together! on Saturday, May 18 from 8 AM to 1 PM at our Union Hall in Tukwila.