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Meet our newest members! Sound Transit Fare Ambassadors
As one of the newest Chapters in our union, the Sound Transit membership continues to grow! Fare Ambassadors are the newest group at Sound Transit to be certified as a [...]
Congrats to our 2025 PROTEC17 scholarship winners!
The PROTEC17 scholarship program has awarded over $75,000 in scholarships in the last 14 years to members’ dependents to help in their pursuit of a higher education. We are proud [...]
Transportation budget passes in special session of Oregon legislature; plus other session results
Given the tenuous budget situation that the City of Portland was facing this year, PROTEC17 closely tracked the state transportation funding package that would provide increasingly necessary funding for our [...]
PROTEC17 Chapter Elections – Nominations OPEN!
Nominations for Chapter leadership positions are now open! If you'd like to nominate yourself or another member (with their permission!) for a leadership role, please email your nomination to [...]
King County members ratify 2026-2028 Coalition Labor Agreement
In June, PROTEC17 King County members, along with members from over 20 other unions in the King County Coalition of Unions, reached a tentative agreement on their Coalition Labor Agreement [...]
Seattle members secure win on in-office time
PROTEC17 reached a settlement agreement with the City of Seattle in September related to a grievance around mandatory in-person office requirements. The agreement permits employees to work four hours in [...]
Labor Day 2025: Celebrating ‘workers over billionaires’ across the U.S.
Thousands of union members and community allies across the Pacific Northwest and around the country came together over the Labor Day weekend to celebrate worker power and to rally against [...]
Two PROTEC17 Stewards run for office
If you’ve attended a PROTEC17 Chapter meeting, Regional Executive Committee meeting, rally, or event in the Seattle or King County area, you’ve likely run into Rocco DeVito and Jamie [...]
King County Coalition members reach a Tentative Agreement; small table negotiations continue this summer
In February, the PROTEC17 bargaining team, alongside the King County Coalition of Unions, began negotiations with King County management on the next Coalition Labor Agreement (CLA), and in early June [...]
Introducing the *NEW!* PROTEC17 Member Discount Program through Working Advantage!
As part of one of the goals in the 2023-2025 Strategic Plan, PROTEC17 has teamed up with a company called Working Advantage to offer enhanced member benefits to dues-paying members. [...]
Snohomish County members ratify hard-fought contract
After more than a year and a half of contentious negotiations with Snohomish County, PROTEC17 members secured a hard-fought victory on a multi-year contract that contains cost-of-living adjustments – [...]
Wins for workers in the WA legislative session
The 2025 Washington State Legislative session adjourned on April 27 after 105 intense days shaped by a historic $16 billion budget deficit, high political tension, and the heartbreaking deaths of [...]
2025 May Day March and Rally highlights federal attacks on immigrants, workers, public institutions, and more
In the face of escalating attacks on working people, organized labor turned out en masse for actions on International Workers’ Day – also known as ‘May Day’ – on [...]
Furloughs avoided thanks to actions taken by PROTEC17 State members
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 [...]
Call the Gov. and members of the Budget Committee to demand a budget with no State employee furloughs!
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 [...]