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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 [...]
2025 PROTEC17 scholarship program – application now open!
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 [...]
PROTEC17 stands in solidarity with unions, community in wake of federal attacks
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 [...]
Welcome Sound Transit! First PIC contract ratified, new Chapter formed in March
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 [...]
Clark County members win historic wage parity arbitration plus significant increases in 2025-2027 contract
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 Transportation Lobby Day
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 [...]
Negotiations for the King County Coalition Labor Agreement underway
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 [...]
PROTEC17 Workers’ Roundtable (PWR!) gearing up for local election endorsements and more this spring
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 [...]
Regional Executive Committee adopts budget, new Chapter, and resolution to protect our communities
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 [...]
Resilience and Action: upholding strong workplaces and supportive communities in the wake of federal threats
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 [...]