Members who work at two more companies - Fleischmann's Vinegar in Sumner and Paco in Seattle - voted overwhelmingly to ratify their contracts this week.

Teamsters who work at US Foods voted overwhelmingly yesterday afternoon to ratify a new 4-year contract.

It's a busy weekend coming up. We've got hundreds of Stewards coming into town from all across the state for our annual Shop Stewards Seminar and Appreciation Day. About 270 are expected to gather at the Washington State Convention Center starting at 7:30am on Saturday.

Members at Macy's Logistics voted last Wednesday to ratify a new four-year contract. The agreement secured wage increases in every year of the contract and the highest pension increases that the group has seen in several years.

Uber has spent the better part of two years trying to stop their drivers from having a voice. They have repeatedly blocked their drivers’ right to unionize in the courts, run anti-Union ads in the Seattle Times and during a nationally-televised Seahawks game. They even have their own podcast aimed at silencing drivers.

Members of Teamsters 117 who work in the food service industry are sending messages of solidarity to their Brothers and Sisters who work at the Sysco warehouse in Spokane.

Let's congratulate and welcome a group of 14 Transdev dispatchers who voted to become Teamsters in an NLRB election on February 10. The dispatchers join 260 drivers at Transdev who became Teamsters in 2015 and won their first Union contract last July.

Congratulations to our Teamster Brothers and Sisters at GP Gypsum in Tacoma. The group voted yesterday to ratify a new 4-year contract.

Talk about your experience becoming a Teamster. I got hired with Waste Management about 20 years ago. I liked it because they were offering “union-like” benefits. When I got the job, they said, “You’re going to be a Teamster.”

We're excited to welcome Takele Gobena, a new Union Representative for members of Teamsters Local 117 working in the private sector.