We have tallied the votes for all Teamster units at King County regarding Paid Parental Leave. A majority of Local 117 represented units voted to accept the pilot program, while...Read More

As you know, Teamsters 117 is part of a coalition that is in the process of bargaining with King County over all compensable items in your collective bargaining agreement. During...Read More

We’ve just launched an exciting new website for members of Teamsters 117. It focuses on the values we share as Teamsters – values like family, strength, and community.

Today, thousands of Teamsters 117 members across the state are working in solidarity to get out the same message of Teamsters unity.With recent attacks by anti-union groups, like the "Freedom"...Read More

The new issue of the Guardian, the newsletter for DOC Teamsters, is now available. In this issue, you'll find articles covering our assault benefits bill and DOC lobby day. You'll...Read More

Today we mailed out contract surveys to the home addresses of all Teamsters at the DOC. You should be receiving your survey in the mail in the next couple of...Read More

Every day, our members who work in the public sector serve our communities and too often the work goes unnoticed by the rest of the public, let alone by our elected officials.

Solidarity with our brothers and sisters on strike at US Foods in Phoenix! The news came in from the IBT today: US Foods Forces Phoenix Teamsters to Launch Unfair Labor...Read More

We did it! Our bill (SB 6286) to extend assault benefits for corrections staff was exec'd out of the Senate Law and Justice Committee last night.

A brutal assault at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center last week should be a wake-up call to the DOC and the State Legislature.  Officer Terry Breedlove was viciously attacked and...Read More