Vote materials were mailed out on August 8 for Teamsters employed at the City of Tacoma under the Tacoma Joint Labor Committee Agreement. This is a one-year rollover to the...Read More

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

Last week, we said goodbye to our summer intern for 2018, Clara Raftery. Clara has joined us to help with Family.Strength.Community campaign and did wonderful work in engaging our members in face of the Janus case ruling.

Our union is excited to welcome two new employees to complement our outstanding administrative staff in the dues office. Vanessa Zavala-Gonzalez and Haley Silvernale began their Local 117 adventure in July.

Matt Komperda has been a union member his entire adult life and a shop steward on and off for eleven years. Now he’s using that wealth of experience to work as a Union Representative for Teamsters 117.

Our DOC negotiations team worked late into the night on Friday and early into Saturday morning after a long week in mediation with the State in an effort to resolve the elements of our 2019-2021 collective bargaining agreement that we were unable to reach agreement on

If you have not already voted yet in the primary election – which is Tuesday, August 7 – please do so!  There are some really important races on the ballot in 2018 and we’re all Teamsters – which means we vote!

“We work every day. We place ourselves at risk of injury and death just to feed our families. For the State not to acknowledge that is offensive.” - Kathe Jackson

Sysco is proposing eliminating restrictions on the amount of overtime and access to vacation, but the bargaining team is not prepared to make any concessions.

Vicky Moore gives an update on Total Comp negotiations with King County. Paid leave, short and long term disability and retirement healthcare are on the table.