Site Map Icon
RSS Feed icon
 
 
 

Upcoming Events
Membership Meeting
Jun 20, 2013
Teamsters Building, Tukwila
1st Local 117 Car & Bike Show!
Jun 22, 2013
Teamsters Building, Tukwila
E-Board Meeting
Jul 11, 2013
Teamsters Building
WWTCOA Annual Meeting - Teamster Taxis
Jul 27, 2013
Teamsters Local 117
E-Board Meeting
Aug 07, 2013
Teamsters Building

OUR MISSION 
Passionately providing a voice to the membership,Teamsters Local Union No. 117 empowers and unites workers. With integrity and an unwavering dedication to economic and social justice, we organize, educate, and lead collective and political action to protect and expand the rights, wages and benefits of working families. This is your Union.

Welcome
You are not currently logged in.

Secretary-Treasurer's Message

Brothers and Sisters:

I have watched in horror as more and more workers’ bodies were pulled from Rana Plaza in Bangladesh. Thousands of garment workers, struggling to support their families on 18-26 cents an hour, were intentionally sent to work in an unsafe building. More...

What's New at Local 117:
REVENUE FORECAST POINTS TO IMPENDING BUDGET DEAL
As you may have seen, the Revenue Forecast Council revised their previous forecast, projecting an increase in revenue of $121 million over what they forecast in March. This new number has injected momentum into the process of inking a budget deal. Read More...
PUGET SOUND TAXI DRIVERS DELIVER PETITION TO MAYOR'S OFFICE
Puget Sound taxi drivers converged on Seattle City Hall on Monday afternoon to demand that the City take immediate action to enforce the laws that govern Seattle’s personal transportation industry. Taxicab operators circled the block, honking their horns in support, while a delegation of leaders from the Western Washington Taxicab Operators Association (WWTCOA) addressed the media. Read More...
THOMPSON GUEST EDITORIAL: TAXIS DEMAND A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
Local 117 Secretary-Treasurer Tracey A. Thompson has published a guest op-ed piece in the Seattle Times that calls on the City of Seattle to step up enforcement in the personal transportation industry so that Teamster taxi drivers can compete on a level playing field with other drivers in the industry. Read More...
UPDATE ON THE STATE BUDGET AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
On Friday, June 14, Michelle Woodrow, your Local Union’s Director of Corrections & Law Enforcement, met with representatives of the Office of Financial Management (OFM) to discuss the possibility of a state government shutdown if the legislature is unable to pass an operating budget before the end of the fiscal year on June 30. Read More...
LOCAL 117 ANNOUNCES DUAL ENDORSEMENT OF MCGINN, MURRAY IN SEATTLE'S MAYORAL RACE
Teamsters Local 117, a union that represents several hundred workers who live and work in the City of Seattle, is pleased to announce the dual endorsement of current Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and Washington State Senator Ed Murray in the 2013 Seattle mayoral race. “Both Mayor McGinn and Senator Murray have been outstanding supporters of our members,” said Tracey A. Read More...
June 19, 2013

Member Login
Username:

Password:


Not registered yet?
Click Here to sign-up

Forgot Your Login?
 
 
Teamsters Local 117
Copyright © 2013, All Rights Reserved.
Powered By UnionActive™
Visit Unions-America.com!

Top of Page image