Check out photos from Lobby Day here! Over 200 Teamsters from the Department of Corrections converged on Olympia yesterday for our 2015 DOC Lobby Day event.  Members from all across...Read More

In a powerful display of Union solidarity, Teamster parking attendants employed by Impark voted unanimously last Saturday to authorize a strike.  Impark operates dozens of parking lots in downtown Seattle....Read More

Members of Teamsters Local 117 joined thousands of community members for Seattle's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. march and rally. Students, civil rights activists, labor leaders, elected officials and union...Read More

In case you missed it, DOC just distributed the Fourth Annual Staff Safety Report as required under ESB 5907, the legislation that was passed by the State Legislature in 2011....Read More

Today we received exciting news from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters: In a video message to the 1.4 million members of the Teamsters Union, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa announced...Read More

If you missed our first Women’s Caucus meeting, here’s a recap!   Teamsters Local 117’s Women’s Caucus plans to meet quarterly this year following the membership meeting schedule—March 19, June...Read More

This email just came in from our friends at the Washington Work and Family Coalition:Three exciting policies to help women's economic security -- need you! Dear Coalition partners, friends and...Read More

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

The 2015 legislative session kicked off today in Olympia and will run for 105 days.  With a divided legislature, advancing our Union's legislative priorities will be challenging to say the...Read More

Tacoma is on the verge of passing Paid Sick Leave legislation.  This is great news for the 40,000 workers in Tacoma who don't have access to Paid Sick Days.  ...Read More