Starting Monday, February 3, the DOC is required to post a ruling in favor of the Union by the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) indicating that the Department committed a...Read More

A proposed settlement to a class action lawsuit involving AETNA may impact some Local 117 members employed at King County. AETNA plan members who received services from out-of-network providers from...Read More

Teamsters Local 117 recycle and yard waste drivers at Republic's Bellevue facility showed their Seahawks colors this morning as they prepared to head out onto their morning routes.  Team spirit...Read More

At a meeting on January 22, King County had planned to present its counterproposal to the KC Coalition of Unions' most recent proposal.  The County informed the Coalition that it was...Read More

January 29th marks the three-year anniversary of the death of Jayme Lee Biendl, the Correctional Officer and member of Teamsters Local 117 who was tragically murdered at the Monroe Correctional...Read More

Teamster 117 members from all corners of Washington State converged on Olympia today for the first Local 117 lobby day of the 2014 legislative session. View photos from Lobby Day...Read More

You shouldn’t have to choose between your health and your job. It seems straightforward enough, but every day workers in restaurants, child care centers, grocery stores, and offices across our...Read More

Check out the latest news from the 2014 legislative session in Olympia with our Teamsters 117 Report from Olympia.  This issue outlines our legislative priorities for 2014 and gives a...Read More

Contract surveys were mailed out on January 17 to all Teamsters at the Department of Corrections, but the surveys have been slow to arrive in some parts of the state....Read More

The power of Teamsters 117.