Teamsters joined other union members and community activists at Seattle City Hall yesterday to speak out in favor of secure scheduling for workers in the fast food and retail industries.

Safeway Dairy Shop Stewards, Alan Inderbitzen and Andy Peterson, work each day producing milk products and ensuring that their Teamsters contract is enforced.

Last Friday was the final day of our interest arbitration hearing. We used the opportunity to emphasize our main argument in the case.

Thank you so much to everyone who helped make our 7th annual Local 117 Soccer Tournament a big success!

Our interest arbitration hearing for members at the Department of Corrections starts today and will run for the rest of the week.

When Uber drivers come together and speak out with one voice, good things happen. Just two days after drivers packed a hearing room at City Hall to demand swift, fair implementation of the City’s new collective bargaining law, the company announced that it would raise its minimum fare from $4.00 to $4.80.

Whatever the arbitrator decides in our upcoming interest arbitration hearing next week, one thing is clear. We'll need to come together to hold the State accountable so that we can get our contract funded.

James Williams knew he was getting shortchanged. His contract had clear language stating that employees were entitled to overtime pay when they worked in excess of 40 hours during the week.

At the recent delegates meeting of the Martin Luther King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO, regular business was suspended for a special event to honor those Unions and their leadership for exceptional achievements on behalf of working people.

As you are aware through recent updates, we’ve been working to prevent the release of your private information from an anti-union organization, the so-called “Freedom” Foundation.