Port of Seattle

Port of Seattle members ratify 2025-2028 contract

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 gave its final approval of the contract on March 24. 

The PROTEC17 bargaining team – comprised of ADM members Peter LaRussa, Geoff Smith, and Harry Gaeth (replacing Tanner McBride after his promotion) – is proud of the deal that includes some exciting changes. For wages, the contract includes substantial increases above the CPI, with a 3.6 percent raise retroactive to May 21, 2025, and another 3.5 percent bump on both May 21, 2026 and May 21, 2027. In addition, new steps 1, 3, and 5 have been added to the wage scale. This means that employees not already at the top of the scale will start seeing increases every year in addition to the negotiated wage increase.  

In other wins, the bargaining team secured a 10 percent training premium; an additional personal holiday; an extension of the recall period from 12 months to 18 months; and clarifing language regarding layoffs and the protection of ADM work from interns.

Congratulations to the bargaining team on a job well done, and to all PROTEC17 ADMs on securing a strong contract for the next three years! If you have questions about the contract, please reach out to your PROTEC17 Union Representative Sarah Lorenzini at  or 206-328-7321 ext. 110.

Congratulations on your first union contract!

After two long years of negotiations, you have our first union contract with the Port of Seattle!

A group of ADMs contacted PROTEC17 back in 2021 to express interest in organizing. Among your top concerns were scheduling and establishing a pay scale that would serve both as a recruitment and retention tool, but also provide some consistency and fairness with pay. With our new contract, we have achieved just that!

The agreement establishes a wage scale that will attract and keep top talent. You will also receive backpay adding up to 8% and 6% increases in 2022 and 2023 respectively, and will be placed on the new wage scale in May of this year. You will also able to use Awarded Time and utilize partial-day absences without loss of pay.

Your bargaining team also used Interest-Based Bargaining (IBB) in coordination with the Public Employee Relations Commission (PERC) to establish a scheduling pilot program – components of which have already been implemented.

Of course, the most important win of this new contract is that you now have a voice on the job – with ‘Just Cause’ language and a robust Grievance process to ensure fair treatment embedded in the contract.

If you have questions about the contract, please reach out to your PROTEC17 Union Representative Sarah Lorenzini at  or 206-328-7321 ext. 110. Welcome to YOUR union Port of Seattle workers!