On Thursday, January 16, in Austin, Texas, a delegation of Oxfam, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and Teamsters Union representatives joined forces, demanding Whole Foods take real steps to clean up abusive labor practices in its food supply chain.

This is an exciting time for workers in the gaming industry in Washington State. Teamsters 117, one of the most powerful and respected unions in the Pacific Northwest, has been certified to represent you in contract negotiations with your employer.

Today marks the first of a 60-day legislative session in Olympia where lawmakers will be making critical decisions that impact members of Teamsters 117 and their families.

Greg Noonan, Teamster at the City of Auburn, is your veritable jack-of-all-trades. His work portfolio consists of plumbing, carpentry, welding, and metal fabrication along with some ingenious design work. 

Fighting to protect our contracts in the grocery industry.

More than 1,700 card room workers employed by Maverick Gaming have chosen Teamsters Local 117.

On behalf of our Union’s Executive Board, I want to wish you and your family a wonderful holiday season.

It was a packed house last night at the Teamsters Hall in Tukwila! Hundreds of Local 117 members from across the state joined in the festivities of our Holiday Membership Meeting extravaganza.

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Teamsters Local 117 has achieved a significant victory in the fight to bring workers in the gig economy a voice on the job.