On Saturday, November 30, 2024, Teamster members at Local 117, 231 and 252 voted and ratified a fully recommended successor agreement. The new 4-year agreement includes significant improvements to language items, including an updated grievance procedure. During the term of this agreement, the hourly wages will be at parity, effectively eliminating a two-tier wage scale.

A huge thank you goes out to the Shop Stewards and activists that attended the 2024 Teamsters Local 231 Shop Steward Seminar on October 24th! Thirty-three of your hard-working Shop Stewards volunteered their Saturday to attend this vital workshop.

In a strong display of multi-local solidarity, Teamsters from Locals 58 and 174 voted this weekend to authorize a strike against APP/World Kinect, while APP/World Kinect Teamsters at Local 231 pledged to stand in solidarity with the rest of the group.

Congratulations to Brian Schols on his retirement! Brian was a 45 year Teamster who started his career in 1979 and retired last month from Waste Management. Brian became a Trustee for Teamsters Local 231 in May of 2011, and he has also served the Union as both a Shop Steward and a Bargaining Committee member.

Shop Stewards from the Bellingham and Burlington Centers spent their Sunday morning at the Local 231 Union Hall on April 28th to participate in a training seminar. Secretary-Treasurer, Rich Ewing and Business Representative, Kelsey Copps gave a refresher on the basics of the roles & responsibilities of a Steward.

In a remarkable display of worker solidarity, over 640 Waste Management Teamsters across three Local Unions worked together to ratify a strong new Agreement. The full group encompasses Waste Management employees in various classifications across western Washington, from Local 231 in Skagit County to Locals 117 and 174 in King County.