The wildfires that have been raging in Spokane County over the past week have been devastating — hundreds of homes and structures lost, tens of thousands evacuated, and neighborhoods changed [...]
Since 2015, infants up to the age of six months have been welcome in the workplace at Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD). Back then, current SRHD Chapter President Katie Rand [...]
For parents, newborns, and children under age five in King County, the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program is a lifeline. Throughout the county, this program provides food benefits [...]
Seattle is the first city in the U.S. to implement social housing – a public, not-for-profit housing development strategy that aims to provide high quality housing for residents across a [...]
For PROTEC17 member Rob Foxcurran, the role of King County Assessor feels like the perfect fit. Currently, he works for the City of Seattle as a Senior Appraiser where he [...]
Negotiations for the 2027-2029 contract with the State of Washington began in April and will continue through the summer in order to reach a deal by the state-mandated October [...]
PROTEC17 members at King County organized an event to protest King County Executive Girmay Zahilay’s three-day in-office mandate, and hand delivered a giant blank check to his representative on [...]
Every year on May 1st, workers across the globe march, strike, and declare that their labor has dignity and their voices deserve to be heard. International Workers’ Day — or [...]
The PROTEC17 annual scholarship program awards two scholarships to the child, grandchild or dependent of an active member who wishes to continue their education beyond high school at a [...]
The PROTEC17 State team will head back to the bargaining table on April 23 to begin negotiations for the 2027-2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement. In preparation, PROTEC17 State members gathered in [...]
For the first time in chapter history, PROTEC17 City of Portland members have formed a Contract Action Team (CAT) to support the bargaining team as they negotiate the next [...]
For years, Public Health in Washington State has been chronically underfunded due to its reliance on precarious funding sources tied to our state’s upside down tax code. In the [...]
After almost 10 months of difficult negotiations, the Airport Duty Managers (ADMs) at the Port of Seattle ratified an agreement on their 2025-2028 contract in February, and the Port Commission [...]
In what was a challenging fiscal and policy environment in both the Washington and Oregon legislative sessions, PROTEC17 was able to successfully advance many items on our political policy agenda [...]
PROTEC17 members at Pierce County have overwhelmingly ratified a new 2026-2028 collective bargaining agreement following months of negotiations with the County. The strong ratification vote reflects broad support among members [...]
On Sat., March 7, the PROTEC17 Regional Executive Committee (REC) — our union’s policy-making body — convened online to conduct the business of our union. Among one of their most [...]
We hope that you have received your first-ever PROTEC17 membership card in the mail, and you've already downloaded your digital card! Your physical membership card will come as part of [...]
On Feb. 2, the Oregon legislature will begin its 2026 short session. Lasting only five weeks, legislators will have limited time to conduct business, though several major issues have emerged [...]
In 2025, newly organized PROTEC17 members faced challenges head-on and made it known that we are a force to be reckoned with! In many of our external organizing campaigns, [...]
The 2026 Washington state legislative session began on January 12. While it’s a short, 60-day session, we’ve got an action-packed agenda based on several priorities that will help improve [...]