The DOC bargaining committee met in Tukwila yesterday to finalize preparations for negotiations over your 2015-2017 collective bargaining agreement.  Members of the team engaged in the final review process of...Read More

Effective immediately, members at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) will have two new Business Representatives.   Eydie Dean will cover WSP members whose physical work location is in the East...Read More

The Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) is located just under forty miles Southwest of Oso, WA where one of the worst disasters in our State's history occurred on Saturday, March 22. ...Read More

No one is more deserving of recognition than MCC's very own Carl Beatty.  Carl earned the distinction of DOC Shop Steward of the Year at the DOC seminar in Seattle...Read More

DOC Shop Stewards from across the state met in Seattle on Friday for their annual seminar and to prepare for upcoming contract negotiations. The day kicked off with the group...Read More

Brothers and Sisters: Over the last several months, we have seen some exciting developments for Teamsters at the DOC: Funding was secured in the State’s supplemental budget to open the...Read More

The new issue of the Guardian, the newsletter for Teamsters at the Department of Corrections, is now available!  With legislative session wrapping up and bargaining set to get underway next...Read More

On January 28, dozens of DOC Shop Stewards met with their state representatives as a part of our first lobby day of the 2014 legislative session.   Here's what they...Read More

For a sample of the representational work on behalf of Teamsters at the DOC for the month of March, check out the DOC facility news section of the website. In March, we...Read More

Thanks to the amazing work of our DOC Shop Stewards across the state, we were able to achieve record returns on contract surveys for the upcoming negotiations over your 2015-2017...Read More