This year’s Washington state legislative session ended on Sun., April 27 with legislators passing a final budget for the 2025-2027 biennium that attempts to balance a $15 billion dollar budget [...]
The two houses of the Washington State legislature are currently in negotiations over a final State operating budget. While the proposed House budget does not include furloughs, the proposed Senate [...]
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 [...]
Since January, PROTEC17 members have been taking to the streets to stand with fellow workers and community members who are suffering in the face of unjust federal policy changes that [...]
Alongside the rapid expansion of the light rail in the Puget Sound region over the last several years, employees at the agency that makes it all happen were seeing the [...]
In March, the Clark County Coalition of Unions reached a tentative agreement on the 2025-2027 contract, as well as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on a two-year long class action [...]
PROTEC17 members from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) descended on capitol grounds in Olympia on Tues., March 25 for Transportation Lobby Day. This day was organized for [...]
In February, the PROTEC17 member-led bargaining team began negotiations with King County management on the next Coalition Labor Agreement (CLA) for 2026 and beyond. In the two months since, a [...]
At the March 20 meeting of the PROTEC17 Worker’s Roundtable (PWR), over 60 members met to strategize about our political priorities for 2025 and to look at ways to [...]
On Sat., March 1, 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 [...]
PROTEC17’s mission states "We are a member-powered union: inspiring action, advancing equity, building community." In this moment -- when we are witnessing an abuse of power and an all-out attack on [...]
Seattle residents will be voting on Tues., Feb. 11 on an initiative to support Social Housing. If you are a PROTEC17 member who lives in Seattle, we strongly support [...]
In the second half of 2024, PROTEC17 launched a new cross-chapter committee to act collectively in shaping the future of our work. From navigating return-to-office mandates and improvements for in-office [...]
Last year, PROTEC17 members took brave, bold action to continue moving our mission forward, and we were able to accomplish a lot of the objectives in our 2023-2025 Strategic Plan. [...]
The 2025 Washington State legislative session began on Jan. 13 in the midst of a statewide hiring and spending freeze, and a predicted $10–12 billion dollar deficit to the [...]
Meet our newest PROTEC17 members! Public Relations (PR) Specialists at the City of Seattle were certified in early 2025 by the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC), and will be accreted [...]
The 2025 Washington and Oregon legislative sessions began in January, and we have several priorities in each state that will help improve the work and lives of PROTEC17 members and [...]
The PROTEC17 Professional Development Fund is designed to encourage and support the ongoing education and professional development of our members. Each year, members can apply for awards of up [...]
We are a group of PROTEC17 members from across WA and OR who help make change at the policy level - and we have fun doing it! Visit protec17.org/pwr or [...]
On Sat., Oct. 19, the PROTEC17 Regional Executive Committee (REC) — our union’s policy-making body — convened in-person at the Northwest African American Museum to conduct the business of our [...]