Teamsters at the City of Kent are fed up and speaking out. In bargaining, the City promised to restore some of the sacrifices that employees made during the recession starting back in 2008.

This past summer, the challenges of working in a public building came to a head.

After the infamous 2000 election, Deb Dahlin made it her mission to help more people vote.

The new issue of our Guardian newsletter is now available! The Guardian focuses on news and information for our members who work at the Department of Corrections.

An Agreement To Be Proud Of

REGISTER HERE for our 2017 DOC Lobby Day on February 13-14 in Olympia. This is our opportunity to talk directly with legislators about critical issues facing DOC Teamsters:

Arbitrator Anthony Vivenzio has certified our internal union election results for Teamsters Local 117.

By John Scearcy, This week, you granted me the honor of continuing to serve as your Secretary-Treasurer for the next three years. And for that, I am humbled, and grateful.

Congrats to Dale Ekstrom, a 41-year Teamster at Coke, who retired at the end of last year.

Join us for our 2016 Holiday Membership Meetings for Teamsters at DOC. At the meetings, we will talking about upcoming legislative session and the strategy for getting our contract funded.

The strategic planning process has impacted our organization in profound ways since we developed our first plan back in 2009. Our campaign to build a Local Union strike fund grew out of an earlier strategic plan as did our new member orientation p

All of the votes have been counted in our Local Union’s internal election and the results are in. You, the members of Teamsters 117, have voted to elect the Scearcy Unity Slate to continue to lead our Local Union for the next three years.

It’s Election Day here at our Local Union, and the vote count is officially underway.

On Friday evening, member volunteers tallied up the votes on the total comp agreement between the Coalition of Unions and King County. Eleven of twelve bargaining units approved the agreement.