We're live! After months of work, our Union's communications team launched our new Teamsters 117 website over the weekend. 

Our Union Negotiations Committee met with the State on Wednesday, July 1, to continue to discuss impacts related to changes that are occurring due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, Uber and Lyft drivers with the Drivers Union called recommendations released in an independent academic study of Uber/Lyft driver earnings in Seattle a “major step towards fairness,” while calling for additional measures to ensure a living wage for drivers and transparency for riders.   

Stefanie Garcia learned about the college benefit through a Teamster 117 email she received about a year ago. She followed the link to discover that a 2 year online AA...Read More

Members of DOC bargaining committee 2020 (left to right): Kimberly Cook, Christopher Lukens, Becky HaneyNixon, James Deuel. Last Thursday and Friday, our Union Bargaining Committee met with the State to...Read More

We have received a lot of questions and concerns about how the pandemic might impact your previously negotiated general wage increase.

As the coronavirus crisis has touched all of our lives, our Union at King County has been working to adapt.

Our Union Bargaining Committee headed into contract negotiations with the State this week over our 2021-2023 DOC collective bargaining agreement for Teamsters at the DOC.

Michelle Woodrow, President and Executive Director of Teamsters 117, issued the following statement regarding the COVID-19 related death of Officer Berisford Morse of the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC): “We are...Read More

As COVID-19 is changing the way we lead our lives, we need more than ever to stand together for safety at work and fair pay.