Check out the some of the opportunities and reward programs for members of Teamsters Local 117!

• Local 117 Community Sponsorship Program
• Local 117 Union Education Program
• Local 117 Organizing Program
• Scholarship Opportunities

1.  LOCAL 117 COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIPS - APPLY NOW! 
Teamsters Local 117 strives to be a force for positive change in your community. In this spirit, your Local Union is accepting applications from Local 117 members to sponsor community groups or organizations.  Groups may include but are not limited to labor rights groups, sports groups, musical groups, academic groups, or otherwise. 

Sponsorship applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.  Sponsorship award recipients will be announced quarterly at the Local 117 membership meetings.  Groups with a direct connection to Local 117 members and/or to organized labor will be given highest priority.

At the membership meeting on March 18, 2009, Local 117 Secretary-Treasurer Tracey A. Thompson presented community sponsorships to seven groups:

Hearts for Kids (Clyde McDaniel, Fred Meyer)
Non-profit after school tutoring/programming for youth

Federal Way Slam (Darrell Jacobsen, Golden State Foods)
Girls fast pitch softball

The Dolls Drill Team (Suzette Baker, King County)
Girls drill squad

Emerald Ridge Robotics (Paul Baxter, retiree)
High school team that builds robots to compete in statewide competition

Little Red Sox (Shaun Kendall, GP Gypsum)
Boys baseball team

Save our Fish/Puget Sound Anglers (Russell Carver, American Steel)
Kids fishing derby

Rogers Fastpitch (Kaysha Lybecker, AHCC)
Girls fast pitch softball

To view an application for this program, click here.

Completed applications should be sent to:  Teamsters Local 117 – Attn: Community Sponsorships, 14675 Interurban Ave. S. Suite, 307, Tukwila, WA 98168. To download a flyer for this program, click here. For more information, contact Thomas Wray at 206-441-4860 ext.1267 or send Thomas an email.

2.  LOCAL 117 HIGH SCHOOL INCENTIVE PROGRAM  
At Teamsters Local 117, we pride ourselves in our Union education program.  This program takes us out into local high schools to educate young people about the history of Unions and the power of a Union contract.

Local 117 members who help organize this program, will receive the following member reward: 

• Members will receive up to $100 for providing a contact in a high school which results in a Local 117 Union presentation to a class or career day. 
• Members will receive $500 for providing contact with a school which results in two complete classes where the instructor has used the entire class-time for the program.  

To access a flyer on the program, click here or, for more information, contact Maria Williams at: 206-441-4860 ext.1253.   

3. LOCAL 117 ORGANIZING INCENTIVE PROGRAM
One of our most important priorities at Teamsters Local 117 is to strengthen our Union by bringing in new members. Union organizing creates higher Union density and provides the rights and benefits of Union contracts to more working families. 

As a Teamsters Local 117 member, you can earn up to $1000 for organizing your non-union competitors.  Your work as a volunteer Union organizer starts with finding a lead in an industry your Union is organizing.  A lead is nothing more than a name and phone number of a person working at an unorganized private or public sector employer.

A lead will earn you $50. If your lead results in a successful Union contract, you’ll pocket $1000!  For more information, contact the 117 Organizing Department at: 206-441-4860.

4. SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Scholarships currently available to members and their families include the 117, Teamsters Retiree Club, Union Plus, Hoffa, and America in Solidarity scholarships.  For more information on scholarships, click here.