We have fantastic news from Olympia tonight. Our bill (SB 5021) granting interest arbitration rights to Teamsters who work at the Washington State Department of Corrections passed unanimously out of the Senate. 

Teamster corrections employees rallied in Olympia on Wednesday to push for safer workplaces and safer communities. 

Next week, Teamsters from across the state will be converging on Olympia for our 2019 Legislative Reception and Lobby Day. Over 200 members have registered to join us for the event on February 26-27.

The message was loud and clear, scrawled on the dust masks our members at Industrial Container Services (ICS) wear as they sanitize and refurbish steel barrels for reuse: Don't make me sick, ICS. 

Teamsters at Industrial Container Services (ICS) are not backing down. After months of being bullied by their employer in contract negotiations, the group is fighting back.

The Pierce County Central Labor Council (PCCLC) has just announced that they are accepting applications for the 2019 Jerry Beckendorf scholarship. 

The spring issue of our Guardian newsletter for Teamsters at the DOC is hot off the press!

We owe a whole lot of gratitude to Teamsters across our Union who have been working round-the-clock during Snowmaggedon 2019 to keep our streets clear, our grocery shelves stocked, and our communities safe. 

In Olympia, nurses from across the state are standing together to support a law that would make our workplaces safer.

During the week of January 21, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Memphis and attend the 2019 Teamsters Solid Waste & Recycling Division conference.

We are happy to announce a new staff member with 18 years of union experience, Rebecca Libadia.

Good news from Olympia! Our legislation to grant interest arbitration rights to our members at DOC and the University of Washington Police Department (UWPD) (SB5021/SB5022) cleared a first, important hurdle in the Senate yesterday when the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee unanimously voted to pass both bills out of committee.

The Teamsters 117 Executive Board has unanimously voted to appoint Brenda Wiest as its new Vice-President effective February 1, 2019.

With the 2019 legislative session kicking off in Olympia this week, bills that would grant interest arbitration rights to our Department of Corrections (DOC) and University of Washington Police Department (UWPD) members are already starting to roll. 

Looking for a meaningful way to spend the upcoming MLK weekend? Come march with other members of Teamsters 117!