Thank you to the outstanding team of DOC nurses, at WSP, and across the state.

“I’ve been Union my whole life,” said Sgt. Frank Longoria of the Cedar Ridge Corrections Center near Olympia. “For me, it’s always been about people’s rights.”

Check out our new video featuring Takele Gobena, a longtime driver for Uber and Lyft and a member of our App-Based Drivers Association.

Your DOC bargaining committee held a three-day bargaining session with the state on July 19-21 and on August 2 with a mediator.

I want to remind you that today is Primary Day here in Washington State, which this is the last day to get your primary ballot in the mail.

We may be on the verge of an important breakthrough in our Total Comp negotiations with King County. This is great news, especially given the profound challenges we have faced over the last nine months of bargaining.

At their annual meeting, taxicab operators at the Western Washington Taxi Cab Operators Association (WWTCOA) voted unanimously to join Teamsters Local 117 as full-fledged union members.

After months at the bargaining table, Teamsters at Darigold voted to ratify a new five-year contract. The 220 Teamsters at Darigold’s Seattle and Issaquah facilities have been working without a contract since May 31.

We still have no clear answers from the County in our effort to achieve a Total Comp agreement for Union members at King County.

In the past, the issue of climate change has been framed by corporations and some government agencies as a choice between the “environment or jobs”. That is a false choice that only divides workers and communities.

One of the longstanding keepers of the gatehouse at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla is Officer John McDonald, a.k.a. Big Mac.

Todd started writing fiction years ago; all aspects of his life are infused in his work.