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.

Congratulations to our members at the Port of Seattle Police Department who were recognized for outstanding service at the Department's awards ceremony last Thursday.

Teamsters at GP Gypsum have voted unanimously to authorize a strike. The vote took place at three meetings last week at the IBEW hall in Tacoma. The result of the vote was 71-0; over 90 percent of the bargaining unit participated.

We're excited to add a new Business Rep to the team. Lance Asher became a Teamster in 1998 when he went to work for Sysco in the food service industry.

Today we received the interest arbitration award from Arbitrator Howell Lankford impacting your compensation for the 2017-2019 biennium.