The new issue of the Guardian, the newsletter for Teamsters at the Department of Corrections, is now available! This issue contains a health care update, a political update, and articles...Read More

The 2014 legislative session is right around the corner, and we are busy establishing our legislative priorities so that we can hit the ground running.   Next year's session will...Read More

Throughout the months of November and December, Local 117 members at our DOC facilities will be gathering across the State for their annual winter membership meetings. Your Business Representative along...Read More

  Teamster production workers and lab technicians, employed by Darigold, met throughout the day today to discuss the company’s last contract proposal.  The Union challenged the notion that the negotiations...Read More

Check out this great letter 911 dispatcher Michelle Hensley published in today's Tacoma News Tribune in support of Tacoma's Proposition 1.   Prop 1 would fix Tacoma streets and create dozens of...Read More

Your Union’s legal department, with the help of outside counsel, has filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court alleging that the Department of Corrections violated State law by failing...Read More

Want to know some of the issues facing Puget Sound taxicab operators, who are working closely together with Teamsters Local 117?  Check out the new issue of the Fare Times,...Read More

Teamster 117 Brothers and Sisters: I’m a production worker at Darigold’s milk plant in Seattle. I have worked there for over 25 years. It’s my job to process the milk...Read More

It’s election time, and the stakes are incredibly high. Your vote for candidates who share the values of working families will help build stronger communities for all members of Teamsters...Read More

On October 16, the community organization Puget Sound Sage hosted its 1st Annual Union Leadership Award Dinner. The event took place in downtown Seattle and brought together labor leaders from all...Read More