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    Bimbo Bakeries ratify 4-year agreement!

    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.

    Thank You Shop Stewards!

    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.

    APP/World Kinect workers from Teamsters Locals 58, 174, and 231 stand in solidarity!

    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.

    Happy Retirement!

    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.

    UPS Shop Steward Training

    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.

    Teamster Locals 117, 174 & 231 Ratify Historic Waste Management Agreement

    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.


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    What We Do
    Teamsters Local 231 is committed to improving the lives of our 2300+ members through the Solidarity of the membership.

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       Chartered as a General Local on January 8, 1909, Teamsters Local 231 currently has 58 collective bargaining agreements with 50 different employers in Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish and Island Counties.

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     Our members work in a variety of industries including package handling (UPS), warehouse, freight, solid waste and recycling, local government, bakery, laundry, construction, food processing, dairy, public school transportation, law enforcement and more.
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