Over the last few days, our interest arbitration hearing has been marked by powerful testimony from members and some frustrating moments from DOC management.

Our union team presented the case for higher compensation for DOC Teamsters today in the first day of our interest arbitration hearing with the State.

We will be holding a contract vote for Teamsters who work at the State Department of Corrections for their 2019-2021 collective bargaining agreement.

This year, our DOC bargaining committee made history. For the first time, we were able to negotiate interest arbitration rights into our DOC contract.

An Agreement To Be Proud Of

Today we received the interest arbitration award from Arbitrator Howell Lankford impacting your compensation for the 2017-2019 biennium.

Last Friday was the final day of our interest arbitration hearing. We used the opportunity to emphasize our main argument in the case.

Host of rank and file members provide first hand accounts of working for DOC

On the third day of our interest arbitration hearing, your Director of Research, Paul Marvy, along with financial experts retained by your Union, provided detailed and well-researched evidence of the dramatic disparity in pay between corrections employees in Washington State compared with other Western states.

In the second day of our interest arbitration hearing, I provided lengthy testimony to explain the basis for several of our bargaining proposals to Arbitrator Howell Lankford.