Teamster warehouse workers, operators, and drivers at Northwest Steel and Pipe voted unanimously to strike last night. The strike vote took place Tuesday evening outside the company’s facility in Tacoma....Read More

For a sample of the representational work on behalf of Teamsters at the DOC for the month of March, check out the DOC facility news section of the website. Eastside Report -...Read More

Your Union's President, John Scearcy, has published the following letter to the Peninsula Daily News in response to comments that were made by a defense attorney about a Local 117...Read More

After six years under the outstanding direction of Tracey Thompson, your Local Union will see a change in leadership. On March 11, the Executive Board of Teamsters Local 117, unanimously...Read More

What does a Local 117 Teamster look like? We look like hard working, strong, essential members of our communities. Like James Borum, a truck driver for Sysco, who raised money to help a co-worker...Read More

At our annual Shop Steward Seminar this weekend, we launched a new campaign to build and instill greater pride in our great Union.   It's called What a Teamster Looks...Read More

Teamster 117 Shop Stewards from across our Union met on Saturday at the Washington State Convention Center to build power and strategize for the coming year. "Our Shop Stewards are...Read More

Let's welcome Suzette Dickerson, a new Teamsters Local 117 Business Representative for public sector members working at King County! Before joining the staff of Teamsters 117, Suzette worked as an...Read More

Dozens of Uber drivers and drivers from other transportation network companies (TNCs) traveled to Olympia today to express their concerns about proposed policies that would limit their voice at work....Read More

We had another solid win in Olympia last week as our PSERS bill (HB 1718), which would expand the Public Safety Employees' Retirement System to include DOC nurses, passed out...Read More