On May 23 and 24, our Union bargaining team met with the State in Olympia to bargain over our 2017-2019 contract for Teamsters at the Department of Corrections.

Our Coalition of Unions bargaining team was back at the table with King County on May 25 for total compensation contract negotiations.

As was previously reported, an anti-union group called the “Freedom Foundation” recently filed a Public Records Act request to obtain personal, sensitive information, including DOC and DES Teamsters' full names...Read More

Arbitrator Howell Lankford issued a perplexing and ultimately disappointing grievance arbitration decision yesterday that effectively changed his original interest arbitration award. In his original interest arbitration award, Lankford held that DOC must rationally evaluate the operational impacts of eliminating assignment pay.

This summer, we will be having our Every Voice Counts Union gatherings for members at locations across King County.  This is your opportunity to share ideas and tell us what...Read More

In a massive display of union solidarity, Teamsters who work at the Darigold processing plants in Seattle and Issaquah, voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike over the weekend.

We had a great meeting this weekend with our newly-formed Teamsters Veterans Caucus. Members from a wide variety of industries participated, including grocery, dairy, cold storage, King County, and DOC....Read More

John Scearcy, our Union's Secretary-Treasurer, presented the Union leadership award at the annual Puget Sound Sage awards breakfast.

Teamsters working at US Foods’ distribution facility in Fife refused to cross the picket line in solidarity with Teamsters in Severn, Md., who began an unfair labor practice strike against the company last month.

Teamsters Local 117 has been on an organizing tear recently. Over the past two years, the local has brought over 900 members into the union.