A room in the King Street building was buzzing yesterday, as Teamsters at King County met to share ideas and voice their concerns about the workplace as a part of our Every Voice Counts project.

It was solidarity building at its finest. Three DOC members on our Union team headed out after bargaining on Tuesday to visit other Local 117 Teamsters working in our grocery warehouses.

Our first bargaining session with the State over your 2017-2019 collective bargaining agreement took place on Tuesday, April 26, at your Teamsters Headquarters in Tukwila.

On Monday, April 25, our King County Coalition of Unions bargaining team met with the employer to continue total compensation contract negotiations for the 2017-2018 biennium.

Contract negotiations over the 2017-2019 successor labor agreement for Local 117 at the Department of Corrections got underway today at our Teamsters Headquarters in Tukwila.

I want to draw your attention to a concern that is common in both the public and private sector work environments. It’s a practice called “skimming.”

Right now, Local 117 members who serve on the bargaining committee of the King County Coalition of Unions are gathering to continue total compensation contract negotiations for the 2017-2018 biennium