The strategic planning process has impacted our organization in profound ways since we developed our first plan back in 2009. Our campaign to build a Local Union strike fund grew out of an earlier strategic plan as did our new member orientation p

All of the votes have been counted in our Local Union’s internal election and the results are in. You, the members of Teamsters 117, have voted to elect the Scearcy Unity Slate to continue to lead our Local Union for the next three years.

It’s Election Day here at our Local Union, and the vote count is officially underway.

On Friday evening, member volunteers tallied up the votes on the total comp agreement between the Coalition of Unions and King County. Eleven of twelve bargaining units approved the agreement.

Our Tacoma Joint Labor Committee has achieved a 2-year tentative agreement with the City of Tacoma over your 2017-2018 contract. You will have an opportunity to vote on the agreement...Read More

Congratulations to our members at the Port of Seattle Police Department who were recognized for outstanding service at the Department's awards ceremony last Thursday.

Teamsters at GP Gypsum have voted unanimously to authorize a strike. The vote took place at three meetings last week at the IBEW hall in Tacoma. The result of the vote was 71-0; over 90 percent of the bargaining unit participated.

We're excited to add a new Business Rep to the team. Lance Asher became a Teamster in 1998 when he went to work for Sysco in the food service industry.

At Teamsters 117, we're making an effort to find new and innovative ways to connect with as many members at King County as possible. Yesterday we had our first live webinar...Read More

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