Teamster corrections employees picketed at the Monroe Correctional Complex and the Washington State Penitentiary on Thursday to demand that the legislature pass a budget that funds their contract and prevents a costly government shutdown.

We have scheduled two major informational picketing actions - one on the westside at MCC and one on the eastside at WSP on Thursday, June 11 from 12-4pm.

Members of Teamsters Local 117, in coalition with other state employee unions, held in a press conference in Olympia yesterday.

The small business support of correctional employees has been overwhelming.