The path to getting our contract funded continues.  The proposed budgets from the Governor and the House of Representatives included funding for our contract.  But the struggle in the Senate...Read More

The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted its operating budget out of committee today and, as expected, the Senate’s budget does not include funding for our DOC contract. This was...Read More

Michelle Woodrow, your Director of Corrections & Law Enforcement, called out Senate budget writers yesterday for refusing to fund our DOC contract and refusing to value the work of correctional...Read More

Budget writers in the State Senate do not value the work you do to protect our communities.  That became clear yesterday when the Senate released its operating budget.  In its...Read More

The leadership of the Republican Senate just put out their budget for 2015-2017 and they rejected our DOC contract.  If you are within driving distance, please come with us to...Read More

When you talk with Daniel Fenwick, it’s clear that his life has purpose. Fenwick helps transition soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McCord (JBLM) from military to civilian life. “I’m a career...Read More

The good news out of Olympia today is that the State House Committee that writes the budget included funding for our Department of Corrections contract in their proposal.  The budget...Read More

For a sample of the representational work on behalf of Teamsters at the DOC for the month of March, check out the DOC facility news section of the website. Eastside Report -...Read More

Your Union's President, John Scearcy, has published the following letter to the Peninsula Daily News in response to comments that were made by a defense attorney about a Local 117...Read More

We had another solid win in Olympia last week as our PSERS bill (HB 1718), which would expand the Public Safety Employees' Retirement System to include DOC nurses, passed out...Read More