The new issue of your Teamsters South Sound newsletter is now available! Teamsters South Sound shares union-related stories, news, and information for Local 117 members in the public sector working...Read More
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Contract negotiations over the 2017-2019 successor labor agreement for Local 117 at the Department of Corrections got underway today at our Teamsters Headquarters in Tukwila. -
We want to share with you some important, troubling news. A group calling itself the “Freedom Foundation” has submitted a public records request to the DOC, asking to obtain your...Read More
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An article in today's Everett Herald looks at staff safety in our state's prisons as it relates to the recent DOC performance audit. Michelle Woodrow, your Local 117 President and...Read More
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I want to draw your attention to a concern that is common in both the public and private sector work environments. It’s a practice called “skimming.” -
Right now, Local 117 members who serve on the bargaining committee of the King County Coalition of Unions are gathering to continue total compensation contract negotiations for the 2017-2018 biennium -
I wanted to share with you my complete testimony from today's Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee (JLARC) hearing on the recent staff safety audit at the DOC. The...Read More
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As we near the end of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, I want to take this opportunity to thank you and your co-workers for the tremendous work you do to serve and protect the public. -
Members of Teamsters 117 joined together today with grocery store workers, baristas, adjunct professors, nursing home workers, students, and other labor activists for a march through the streets of Seattle to "raise the alarm for workers' rights."
