Teamster warehouse workers employed at the Fred Meyer grocery distribution center in Puyallup voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike over the weekend.  The final vote was 241-2.  Voting took place...Read More

The Black Teamsters United were at the Fred Meyer in Renton on Saturday for their annual blood drive and back-to-school charity event. Individuals who stopped by the Teamsters tent were...Read More

For the second year in a row, Teamsters Local 117 out-shot the competition to snare the first responders’ award at the annual Breaking Hunger fundraiser. The trapshooting contest, held at...Read More

Check out the new issue of Dock Talk, the newsletter for our Brothers and Sisters at Teamsters 117 who work in the grocery distribution industry.   For our grocery members,...Read More

Yesterday was an extraordinary day at our interest arbitration hearing.  Three Local 117 members gave incredibly powerful, heartfelt testimony on behalf of Teamsters at the Department of Corrections.    Your...Read More

Dozens of Local 117 Teamsters rallied in front of Sysco and US Foods warehouses in Fife and Kent yesterday in a coordinated Day of Action to draw attention to the...Read More

PRESERVE TEAMSTER HEALTH CARE - CONTACT THE GOVERNOR NOW!The State is coming after the health care of thousands of Teamster correctional employees.  In health care negotiations for state employees, which are...Read More

Yesterday at the interest arbitration hearing for Teamsters at the DOC, Arbitrator Lankford heard persuasive testimony from Local 117 Secretary-Treasurer, Tracey A. Thompson.  Thompson talked about the critical role correctional...Read More

Yesterday at the interest arbitration hearing for Teamsters at the Department of Corrections, the State called Elliot Susseles, the Senior Vice President at Segal Waters Consulting as its first witness. ...Read More

The interest arbitration hearing for Teamsters at the Department of Corrections got underway at 9:30 A.M yesterday morning at the Teamsters Union hall in Tukwila.  The arbitrator – Howell Lankford...Read More