Please welcome your DOC Bargaining Committee. They are volunteers from all across the state representing a comprehensive range of DOC positions.

More than 200 taxi and flat-rate drivers raised signs of protest at Sea-Tac Airport on Tuesday in a massive effort to stop airport taxi contractor Eastside for Hire from forcing drivers to pay to work.

Held every year during the second week of April, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is a time to recognize telecommunications personnel in the public safety community for their service and commitment to the profession. This week of April 8 – 14, we celebrate 50 years of their dedication and critical work.

Despite being shuffled between several different contractors in the past seven years, Teamsters at LAZ Parking maintain strength and improve on their new contract.

Congrats! to our new members, Teamsters in the Education Dept. at the Woodland Park Zoo. The group voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to ratify a first-ever union contract. 

The life of a steward at the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) keeps you on your toes. Jason Heuer, a sergeant at the facility who joined the steward ranks in March 2017, spent the better part of his day last week defending the contractual rights of his fellow members.

“I was not satisfied with their response,” said Rick Reinlasoder. Reinlasoder, a Local 117 shop steward on our union bargaining team, had just finished grilling King County negotiators on why wage increases had been processed for non-represented employers but not for Coalition members.

The spring issue of our Guardian newsletter is hot off the press! In this issue, you can get caught up on the following stories impacting Teamsters who work at the Department of Corrections:

It's been long time coming, making this moment especially sweet. Teamster drivers who work for Fleetlogix voted unanimously to ratify a new four-year contract yesterday.

Our Coalition of Unions has been working overtime on behalf of Teamsters at King County, and the results speak for themselves.

A Teamster at KC Recorder's office refuses to stay silent in the impending open shop environment and gets 100% of her shop to staying committed to the union regardless of the Supreme Court ruling on the Janus case.

On March 3, we did it again! Over a dozen Teamster volunteers came together at an Emergency Food Network (EFN) warehouse in Tacoma to repackage over 5,400 lbs of frozen vegetables in three hours for hungry families in Pierce County. 

Need to get caught up on how the Janus case attempts to silence public employees? Our international union has put together a short primer video. Check it out!

In an impressive display of unity and strength, hundreds of rank-and-file leaders of our union assembled together at the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle on Saturday.

Dozens of shop stewards who work for the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) gathered at our union hall in Tukwila today for training, discussion, and preparation for upcoming contract negotiations.