On March 30, our Coalition of Unions met with the County to continue negotiations over a Master Labor Agreement (MLA).

Our members at Viking Sprinkler voted unanimously today to ratify a new three-year contract.

Today, the House Democrats released their 2017-2019 Operating Budget proposal, and I am pleased to report it fully funds our collective bargaining agreement for Teamsters at the Department of Corrections.

Last week, Local 117 bargainers together with their respective rank-and-file bargaining committees reached tentative agreement on contract proposals at two locations.

Your kid need money for college? The General Teamsters Retirees Club is offering scholarships for the 2017 academic year.

The new issue of our Teamster Talk newsletter is now available. Teamster Talk highlights the work of our members in our private sector shops.

Late Tuesday night, Michelle Woodrow, our President and Director of Corrections and Law Enforcement, testified before the Senate Ways and Means Committee on how the Senate's recent operating budget proposal would impact members of Teamsters Local 117.

Dozens of Uber and Lyft drivers filled a Seattle City Hall hearing room today to demand better working conditions and a voice.

Today, the Republican State Senate released its 2017-2019 biennial state budget proposal, and there was good, bad and ugly news.

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.

Now that we’ve reached the midpoint of legislative session, it's a good time for an update on policy issues that impact working families.

Bargaining is heating up at QCD and our members are not standing down. Members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike after an update meeting yesterday at the Union hall in Tukwila.

Last night, a half a dozen Teamster Union Reps, including Secretary-Treasurer John Scearcy, and Vice President Marcus Williams, visited members at the United Natural Foods, Inc warehouse in Auburn.

Our King County Coalition of Unions negotiated Total Compensation bargaining with the County last year covering basic compensation elements of your contract, which was overwhelmingly ratified by individual bargaining units within the King County Coalition of Unions.

Another group at the state's Department of Corrections has joined Teamsters 117.