Join us for our 2018 Holiday Membership Meetings for Teamsters at DOC.

The new issue of our DOC Guardian newsletter is hot off the press!

In early October, a group of member leaders and Teamster staff spent several days at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla to discuss with members the recent interest arbitration award and how to keep our union strong in the post-Janus environment.

This afternoon Arbitrator Joseph Duffy sent us his interest arbitration award outlining your compensation for the 2019-2021 biennium.

Our Coalition of Unions has achieved a tentative agreement with the State on your health care benefits for the 2019-2021 biennium. The agreement maintains the status quo on your premium share from...Read More

Today our union’s legal team presented a powerful closing statement before the arbitrator as we concluded our case for higher compensation for DOC Teamsters in our 2019-2021 contract.

Over the last few days, our interest arbitration hearing has been marked by powerful testimony from members and some frustrating moments from DOC management.

Our union team presented the case for higher compensation for DOC Teamsters today in the first day of our interest arbitration hearing with the State.

The message is loud and clear. By an overwhelming margin, DOC Teamsters have voted to reject the State’s contract proposal.

Access to good health care is critical for State employees, but so far the State is not getting the message.