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

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.

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.

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.

The recent assault of two officers at the Monroe Correctional Complex is yet another reminder of the sacrifice our state’s correctional employees make to keep all of us safe.