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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. |
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 Secretary-Treasurer's Message
Brothers and Sisters:
It has been so inspiring to witness the solidarity and resolve of the Seattle Port truck drivers, who have withheld their labor over the past two weeks in protest over unsafe working conditions and their misclassification as independent contractors. Read more
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Check out the new issue of Teamsters South Sound, the newsletter for Local 117 members in greater Pierce County.
This issue contains articles on Local 117's effort to fight attacks on county and municipal revenue streams, the Paint Tacoma-Pierce Beautiful community service project, a 117 member running for Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer, and an organizing report. Read More...
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Teamster recycle drivers from Allied Waste/Republic and Waste Management unanimously voted to authorize a strike over the weekend.
Over 150 drivers, represented by Teamsters Local 117, met on Saturday, May 12, at the Teamsters Union hall in Tukwila for a contract update. Read More...
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Teamsters 117 joined with other unions and community members at a rally at the Amazon headquarters in Seattle yesterday to call for an immediate improvement to wretched working conditions at Amazon warehouses.
Amazon warehouse workers from Pennsylvannia attended the event and spoke of warehouse temperatures that soared above 115 degrees. Read More...
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Washington State Penitentiary Corrections Officer and longtime Teamster Scott Nettles has announced his candidacy for the Washington State Senate. In addition to being a officer at WSP for twelve years, Scott is a three-term councilmember in the city of Waitsburg.
Teamsters 117 has endorsed Scott for the position. Read More...
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Workers at the Davis Wire mill in Kent have joined a class-action lawsuit charging their employer with denying them their statutory right to take breaks at work. Read More...
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