Today, the Republican State Senate released its 2017-2019 biennial state budget proposal, and there was good, bad and ugly news.

The new issue of our Guardian newsletter is now available. The Guardian focuses on news and information for our members who work at the Department of Corrections.

Now that we’ve reached the midpoint of legislative session, it's a good time for an update on policy issues that impact working families.

Bargaining is heating up at QCD and our members are not standing down. Members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike after an update meeting yesterday at the Union hall in Tukwila.

Last night, a half a dozen Teamster Union Reps, including Secretary-Treasurer John Scearcy, and Vice President Marcus Williams, visited members at the United Natural Foods, Inc warehouse in Auburn.

Our King County Coalition of Unions negotiated Total Compensation bargaining with the County last year covering basic compensation elements of your contract, which was overwhelmingly ratified by individual bargaining units within the King County Coalition of Unions.

Another group at the state's Department of Corrections has joined Teamsters 117.

Members who work at two more companies - Fleischmann's Vinegar in Sumner and Paco in Seattle - voted overwhelmingly to ratify their contracts this week.

Check out this video of our Shop Steward at US Foods, Richard Milestone, talk about his new contract at US Foods: Read More

Teamsters who work at US Foods voted overwhelmingly yesterday afternoon to ratify a new 4-year contract.