On December 20, hundreds of Local 117 members will gather at the union hall in Tukwila for solidarity and our annual raffle drawing.

We have good news to report from Olympia. We've just received word that the Office of Financial Management (OFM) has deemed our DOC interest arbitration award financially feasible.

Teamsters 117 Secretary-Treasurer John Scearcy will join officers elected to represent affiliates and partner organizations of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO for the next four-year term as a new member of the Executive Board.

Marci Solomon is a force of nature. Within moments of my meeting her she’s launched into stories about cross-country road trips on her Harley, rescuing bulldogs, and navigating the machismo she confronts while working as a female in a male-dominated trade.

Hertz was withholding union negotiated wage increases, but the workers fought back to receive their retroactive pay and increases for 2019 and 2020.

Cemetery work is not for the faint of heart. It takes someone with incredible compassion and the ability to routinely perform end-of-life rituals that most of us would prefer not to think about. 

Congress has finally agreed with what we've been saying for years…there is a pension crisis in this country and Congress must resolve it to protect workers and our economy

Richard Coleman has his sights set on travel. The longtime Walla Walla resident has imagined destinations closer to home, and others further afield: from the Oregon Coast to the beaches of Belize, from the Civil War battlefields of Virginia to the Baltic states in Eastern Europe.

The results are in! Teamsters stepped up an donated dozens of pints of blood for our Local 117 Blood Drive on November 17.

In December, we will be conducting contract ratification meetings for all Teamsters who work at King County.

You may recall that our Coalition of Unions reached a tentative agreement with King County back in August over your compensation for the coming two years.

For over 20 years, members of Teamsters Local 117 have been donating blood as a part of our annual blood drive. By giving blood, we've helped save lives!

Got Teamsters medical? You can save on your 2019 medical expenses by taking a confidential Health Assessment if you are covered under the Washington Teamsters Welfare Trust.