Teamsters Local 117 has achieved a fully-recommended tentative agreement with Darigold over a contract involving 220 dairy workers and lab technicians employed at the company’s processing plants in Seattle and Issaquah.

A quick update on our case against Practigov, the dubious entity that is seeking to obtain the personal information of our members at the DOC. Our legal counsel was in...Read More

With DOC negotiations now shifting to economics, the State needs to recognize the incredible service that correctional employees provide to protect the public. Right now, that isn’t happening.

If you want an excellent primer on our fight to organize and improve working conditions for Seattle-area for-hire drivers, look no further than this article that was published today in...Read More

Our effort to protect your personal information has taken a new turn. We have been notified by the DOC that another outside entity is attempting to obtain your information through...Read More

After several months of bargaining, our Union Coalition’s negotiations with King County have become more polarized.  Despite improved economic conditions, the County seems determined to offer less than it offered...Read More

Darigold production workers and lab technicians at the company’s Seattle and Issaquah milk processing plants voted overwhelmingly to strike on Saturday. Voting took place at three meetings throughout the day at the Teamsters Union Hall in Tukwila.

Teamster dairy workers and lab technicians who work at the Darigold processing plants in Seattle and Issaquah and at the Darigold lab in Tukwila will take a final strike vote at meetings throughout the day on Saturday, July 9.

I want to share some good news. Effective today, July 1, 2016 all Teamsters who work at the DOC will receive a 4.3% increase.

Darigold production workers and lab technicians at the company’s Seattle and Issaquah milk processing plants left federal mediation today on the brink of a labor dispute.