The vote is underway. King County Teamsters have begun casting their ballots on their contract. The voting is the culmination of a year of bargaining, starting at the coalition level and concluding with small table negotiations.

Greetings and happy 2018 to you and your family. I wanted to kick off the new year with a topic that is personally important to me as your union's secretary-treasurer.

The winter issue of the Guardian, our newsletter for Teamsters who work at the Department of Corrections, is now available!

Starting in January, we will be conducting contract ratification meetings for all Teamsters who work at King County.

Teamsters Local 117 shop steward Peter Miller sends his heartfelt gratitude this holiday season to Seattle-area firefighters for their heroic work in saving hundreds of animals during a fire at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Teamsters at Darigold donate 500 hours of their vacation time to a co-worker battling cancer.

Congrats to Local 117 members at ABM Parking who voted unanimously to ratify a new 3-year contract last week.

There are certain fundamentals to a union contract. In a worker-friendly state like Washington, union security is high on the list.

This is our opportunity to talk directly with legislators about critical issues facing DOC Teamsters:

Congratulations to the newest members of Teamsters Local 117! A group of Kennel Aides who work at the Tacoma Humane Society have voted unanimously to join our union.

On behalf of our union’s executive board, Michelle and I want to wish you and your family a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.

When workers have the freedom to stand together with their co-workers to negotiate, it makes a difference.

It is that time of year for our annual Blood Drive event. This year our Teamsters Local 117 Blood Drive will be held on Saturday, November 18 at the Union hall in Tukwila from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. ALL DONORS will receive a $25 Safeway gift card.

After the election polls closed Tuesday night, we witnessed some great news for Teamsters families. Meanwhile, Teamster women swept elections across the state. Thank you to all of you who worked so hard during this election!

This holiday season our union is holding a Toy Drive to give back to children in need. To successfully pull this off, we need your help!