On Saturday, our interest arbitration bill (SB 5021) for Teamsters at the DOC cleared another critical hurdle when it passed out of the House Appropriations committee on a vote of 26-6.

Starting at the end of March, we will be holding spring Membership Meetings for all DOC Teamsters at facilities across the State.

More good news from Olympia. Our bill (HB 1589) that restores the right for trained DOC personnel to carry a concealed weapon unanimously passed out of the State House of Representatives yesterday on a vote of 97-0. 

We have fantastic news from Olympia tonight. Our bill (SB 5021) granting interest arbitration rights to Teamsters who work at the Washington State Department of Corrections passed unanimously out of the Senate. 

Teamster corrections employees rallied in Olympia on Wednesday to push for safer workplaces and safer communities. 

Next week, Teamsters from across the state will be converging on Olympia for our 2019 Legislative Reception and Lobby Day. Over 200 members have registered to join us for the event on February 26-27.

The spring issue of our Guardian newsletter for Teamsters at the DOC is hot off the press!

In Olympia, nurses from across the state are standing together to support a law that would make our workplaces safer.

Good news from Olympia! Our legislation to grant interest arbitration rights to our members at DOC and the University of Washington Police Department (UWPD) (SB5021/SB5022) cleared a first, important hurdle in the Senate yesterday when the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee unanimously voted to pass both bills out of committee.

With the 2019 legislative session kicking off in Olympia this week, bills that would grant interest arbitration rights to our Department of Corrections (DOC) and University of Washington Police Department (UWPD) members are already starting to roll.