Teamsters 117 are running a story writing contest open to all Local 117 members. Answers the question: Through your experience as a Teamster, how has being part of a union afforded you more freedoms in your life?

Correctional Specialist, David Niles, of the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC) in Connell is grateful to join the ranks of Teamsters 117 once again.

Seattle for-hire drivers who are seeking to unionize under the city’s new collective bargaining law applauded a federal judge’s ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenging the law.

The grocery giant Fred Meyer/Kroger has a history of testing our members’ resolve. In 2011 and 2014, they put substandard proposals on the table and tried to force a vote.

Teamsters who work at Pike Place Market voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new 3-year contract on Wednesday.

Yesterday, in a ceremony in Olympia, the Governor and our union's Secretary-Treasurer, John Scearcy, signed our 2017-2019 DOC collective bargaining agreement.

Union solidarity was in full force down at Auto Warehousing yesterday. Dozens of members getting off their shift lined up for hot dogs as union reps from the Local manned the grill.

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

In last year’s interest arbitration hearing, one of our priorities for Teamsters working in BFOQ positions at WCCW and MCCCW was to address the issue of excessive mandatory overtime.

It was a celebratory moment. Rank-and-file member leaders on the Safeway bargaining committee lined up at the front of our union hall while their co-workers greeted and thanked them for a job well done.

B‌y standing ‌together ‌in our union, we’ve accomplished some major successes at the DOC.