Teamsters Local 117

04/01/2026

04/01/2026

No joke: 50% of workers for SeaTac Airport contractors lack access to affordable health insurance

04/01/2026

King County paratransit workers at Alesig marched on the boss yesterday, demanding recognition w/ 117. 💪🏾 These workers are calling for better healthcare, equitable wages & respect. We stand w/ them‼️

Subpar healthcare, Inequitable wages & respect are top issues

03/30/2026

Shout out to Kongo & the crew down at AC&B. 🤙🏾 These hardworking cut, process & ship out durable metal products to industry, helping keep our economy moving ❤️

03/23/2026

King County, listen to your employees! Stop reneging on promises made to workers.

King County employees are pushing back hard over their return-to-office mandate, with questions both pragmatic and philosophical.

03/20/2026

Let's give it up for our members down at Alaskan Copper & Brass. 🤙🏾👏 These hardworking cut, process, and ship out durable metal products to marine, chemical, food processing, paper & other industries.

03/20/2026

Thank you to the many DOC members who spoke out in Olympia this legislative session. 📢 Your voice helped pass our retirement bill, HB1069, for DOC .

Under the new law, we can now negotiate supplemental retirement benefits that will open the door for you to retire earlier, with more affordable healthcare.

Melinda Kupers has worked for the state agency for 35 years —  in prisons, community corrections, reentry centers and graduated reentry. On a daily basis, she said working for the Washington state Department of Corrections is brutal.“ Our community corrections staff are out in the community ...

03/20/2026

Loving me some power‼️

03/18/2026

Hear the voices of Local 117 members talking about building power at work. 💪🏿❤️

03/18/2026

Shout out to our Shop Stewards, rank-and-file warriors who go the extra mile to organize, mobilize & defend our rights in the workplace.👏

Great to see you all on Saturday‼️ You are the backbone of this Union 💪 Check out photos from the event here.

Shop Steward Seminar & Appreciation Day 2026

03/17/2026

Come debrief leg session tomorrow & brainstorm ways to organize and build fair labor and trade policies for the future 💪

03/14/2026

Huge shout out to our amazing Shop Stewards statewide who are fighting every day to protect & expand our rights in the workplace 🙌❤️