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 to [...]
Back in 2019, an affinity group of young PROTEC17 members formed in King County to tackle the issue of engaging and educating younger members, and bringing awareness to the many [...]
For the last several years, PROTEC17 has continued to grow our membership, and in 2023 we crested 10,000 represented classifications – the highest number in our history! This growth is [...]
After two long years of negotiations, PROTEC17’s Airport Duty Managers (ADMs) at the Port of Seattle have reached a tentative agreement (TA) on their first contract! The group of 15 [...]
After more than a year of negotiations, employees at the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) have unanimously approved the tentative agreement on their first contract! While the negotiations process [...]
After more than a year of negotiations with the City of Seattle, the Coalition of City Unions (CCU), led by PROTEC17, reached a tentative agreement (TA) on the 2023-2026 contract [...]
Last year, when Snohomish Health District was absorbed into Snohomish County, PROTEC17 members were able to negotiate the terms of their new contract with their new employer. They wanted to [...]
On Sat., Oct. 21, the PROTEC17 Regional Executive Committee (REC) -- our union’s policy-making body -- convened in-person at the Museum of Flight in Tukwila, WA to conduct the business [...]
PROTEC17 would like to extend a warm welcome to three public health nurses at the Yakima Health District! Nurses Tanya Britt, Alexis Millett, and Kelsey Schindler chose to join forces [...]
Welcome to our newest members from the City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture (OAC)! This group of 22 workers fulfills a wide variety of roles, all of which [...]
On Tues., Sept. 19, nearly 1,500 city workers, community members, and political leaders rallied on the steps of Seattle City Hall and then marched along 4th Ave. to Westlake Park [...]
Members of the Chelan-Douglas Health District (CDHD) ratified a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with their employer that will for the first time provide Longevity Pay. In addition, a five percent [...]
Now in its twelfth year, the PROTEC17 scholarship program has awarded over $65,000 in scholarships to members’ dependents to help in their pursuit of a higher education. We are proud [...]
There are a number of important local races in the 2023 election cycle, and PROTEC17 members are encouraged to get involved via our Political Action Committee (PAC)! You can sit [...]
PROTEC17 welcomes our newest members at the City of Mount Vernon (a new employer for us) to our union! This group of 15 employees who work in a variety of [...]
PROTEC17 members at Portland Street Response reached an agreement to supplement their PROTEC17 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that addresses the unique needs of their role as first responders. In addition, [...]
City of Seattle members have been fighting for a fair contract alongside their siblings from 10 other unions in the Coalition of City Unions (CCU) since Sept. 2022. The CCU [...]
PROTEC17 staff, pictured here with King County member Jeremy Ward, joined others at the May Day rally in downtown Seattle! May Day, a.k.a. International Workers’ Day, is held annually on [...]
PROTEC17 Steward Jeanette DeCastro (second from left) spoke on a panel on ‘Class Struggle Unionism in the Public Sector’ at the Labor Notes Conference in Portland in early May! Pictured [...]
Washington State Patrol (WSP) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers (CVEOs), Paul Austin and Bennett Olsson, weren’t too sure about their union at first. Neither Austin or Olsson had ever been union [...]