This weekend, legislators are going to be back in their districts and are going to be holding town halls -- these are excellent opportunities for you to talk with them...Read More

This Spring, we will be holding our Quarterly Membership Meetings at all DOC facilities across the State.   Attend one of the meetings and find out how you can get...Read More

Good news from Olympia!  Our PSERS bill (HB 1718), which would expand the Public Safety Employees' Retirement System to include DOC nurses, passed out of the House Appropriations Committee last...Read More

Caterina Spinaris, Ph.D, of Desert Waters Correctional Outreach, has published a new paper on countering staff stress in a correctional environment.   An overview and a link to the complete...Read More

Why would anyone want to be a Correctional Employee?  I’ve asked myself this question repeatedly over the past twenty years, unfortunately it only leads me to more questions.  This career...Read More

It’s amazing what we can achieve when we stand together. Recently, six members of Teamsters 117 who work in the parking industry were reinstated after being wrongfully terminated by their...Read More

Local 117 Secretary-Treasurer Tracey A. Thompson has published a guest editorial piece in the Olympian newspaper that makes the case for wage increases for our state's correctional employees.  You can...Read More

The new issue of the Guardian, the newsletter for Teamsters at the Department of Corrections, is now available.   In this issue, you'll find a report on our recent Lobby...Read More

We have good news for members who were improperly denied Step M pay by the Department of Corrections. Your Union has achieved a settlement agreement that provides retroactive Step M...Read More

It's time to tighten up the public records act to make it more difficult for individuals to obtain personal information on state employees.  SB 5678 would do just that.  The...Read More