Check out the latest news about Teamsters who work at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center.

A case argued before the US Supreme Court this year had the potential to significantly weaken the collective bargaining rights of workers in public sector unions.

Please join us for one of our signature Teamster charity events – our annual Teamsters Car & Bike Show – on Saturday, June 18 at the Teamsters Union hall in Tukwila.

Ricardo Espinoza’s entry into politics started with a concern over public education. “I’ve always been a huge advocate for education,” he professes to Teamsters Local 117 Political Coordinator Dustin Lambro as they discussed his campaign in a meeting room at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center.

Officer Jerry Wonders is a bit of a legend at DOC. He’s served the citizens of our state for 25 years, 19 at the prison complex in Monroe and another 6 at Coyote Ridge.

For 27 years, Officer Brett Clinton has been giving back to his community. Not only does he serve and protect the citizens of our state through his work at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, he has been as a volunteer firefighter since high school.

The Labor Education Research Association (LERA) held its annual meeting in Minneapolis at the end of May. LERA is an organization where professionals in labor relations can network and share ideas about current developments in the field.

On May 23 and 24, our Union bargaining team met with the State in Olympia to bargain over our 2017-2019 contract for Teamsters at the Department of Corrections.

Our Coalition of Unions bargaining team was back at the table with King County on May 25 for total compensation contract negotiations.

Arbitrator Howell Lankford issued a perplexing and ultimately disappointing grievance arbitration decision yesterday that effectively changed his original interest arbitration award. In his original interest arbitration award, Lankford held that DOC must rationally evaluate the operational impacts of eliminating assignment pay.

In a massive display of union solidarity, Teamsters who work at the Darigold processing plants in Seattle and Issaquah, voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike over the weekend.