There have been lots of changes happening at PROTEC17 since the arrival of Executive Director Karen Estevenin in May, including the hiring of new staff members Paul Marvy and [...]

On June 17, Washington state Governor Jay Inslee signed the PROTEC17 state contract, making official all of the negotiated changes to the 2019-21 agreement. The membership ratified the agreement [...]

Happy Pride Month! Join PROTEC17 to celebrate diversity and support our LGBTQ members and friends in this year's Seattle Pride Parade! Sunday, June 30 11 a.m. 4th Ave. Downtown [...]

Robin Washington, Capital Projects Manager III and 19-year employee at Clark County Public Works, is dedicated to improving the County for all of its residents, including motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, [...]

As an expert in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), PROTEC17 member Kirstin Thornton spends her days streamlining processes that make everyone’s jobs at Pierce County easier. From [...]

Surrounded by family and friends, PROTEC17 member Rachel Alder and her wife Erin honored their daughter on May 13 – the day after Mother’s Day – as the City [...]

Oour Regional Executive Committee (REC) – the policy-making body of PROTEC17 – gathered at the Teamsters Hall in Tukwila, Wash. on April 13 to make big decisions about the [...]

At midnight on April 28, the Washington State Legislature adjourned on time for the first time in a decade with an Operating Budget that fully funds PROTEC17’s 2019-2021 state [...]

After many months of seeking the right candidate for the job of PROTEC17 Executive Director, we are excited to announce that Karen Estevenin was unanimously confirmed for the role [...]

PROTEC17 is again offering two $3,000 scholarships this year to dependents of members. One scholarship is geared towards students who will be incoming college freshmen in the fall, and [...]

Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Chief Inspector Amjad Omar is one of the few State employees who had the privilege of seeing the State Route 99 (SR-99) tunnel [...]

More than 2,000 calls come in to the City of Seattle everyday with questions about utilities and city services, and the 84 PROTEC17 members that staff the contact center [...]

The snowstorms in Western Washington this February were absolutely unprecedented. For nearly two weeks, the Puget Sound region was slammed with storm after storm, breaking temperature and accumulation records. [...]

Seattle Silence Breakers are led by PROTEC17 member and City Light employee Denise Krownbell (right) and Radical Women organizer Gina Petry (left). The national attention garnered by [...]

Kaitlynn Pecha, PROTEC17 member, WSDOT Transportation Engineer, and skater for Rat City Roller Derby. Photo by Mike Wilson Photography. Transportation Engineer Kaitlynn Pecha spends her days making [...]

The Filipino American Civil Employees of Seattle (FACES) is about to celebrate 30 years of giving a voice to Filipino and Filipino-American workers at the City of Seattle, as [...]

In addition to the everyday benefits of union membership (a strong contract, for instance!), PROTEC17 is working on expanding our member benefits program this year, including adding a new [...]

After ballots for the Executive Board election were counted on Nov. 14, Sarah Spotts was pronounced a new PROTEC17 Trustee for a three-year term. An active union member in [...]

In October, PROTEC17 hired two new Union Organizers -- Melissa Mafua and Alisha Gregory-Davis -- who both come to us from SEIU 925 where they worked a combined 20 [...]

After years working as a video editor at one of the local news stations in the Pacific Northwest, Chad Ross was laid off. This was, in part, because the [...]