Honored to have the support of PROTEC17, a union of over 3000 Seattle city workers - engineers, planners, public health staff, & more!
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July 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Honored to have the support of PROTEC17, a union of over 3000 Seattle city workers - engineers, planners, public health staff, & more!
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We are thrilled to receive PROTEC17's endorsement this morning! More to come...
At a press conference at City Hall this morning, the Working Families Party and PROTEC17—the largest union of City of Seattle workers—endorsed Katie Wilson for mayor. The city union's endorsement is especially monumental because for most of these workers, incumbent Bruce Harrell is their boss.
July 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We are thrilled to receive PROTEC17's endorsement this morning! More to come...
Wow. PROTEC17 is taking a real swing!
At a press conference at City Hall this morning, the Working Families Party and PROTEC17—the largest union of City of Seattle workers—endorsed Katie Wilson for mayor. The city union's endorsement is especially monumental because for most of these workers, incumbent Bruce Harrell is their boss.
July 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Wow. PROTEC17 is taking a real swing!
PROTEC17 director Karen Estevenin: "PROTEC17 members are deeply concerned with affordability in our city... [and] creating pathways that should have been created years ago for progressive revenue so that we can address the city deficit and prevent the loss of critical services right now."
July 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
PROTEC17 director Karen Estevenin: "PROTEC17 members are deeply concerned with affordability in our city... [and] creating pathways that should have been created years ago for progressive revenue so that we can address the city deficit and prevent the loss of critical services right now."
PROTEC17's Estevenin, ctd.: "This was not an easy decision for our union, but in these challenging times, PROTEC17 members are looking for a shared vision for a better city and a clear plan for how we’ll get there."
July 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
PROTEC17's Estevenin, ctd.: "This was not an easy decision for our union, but in these challenging times, PROTEC17 members are looking for a shared vision for a better city and a clear plan for how we’ll get there."
King County employees with PROTEC17 have taken over the lobby of the county's Chinook Building today to present Executive Zahilay with a blank check they say represents the unknown costs of new return to office mandates.
They're contending requests for more flexible schedules have been denied.
They're contending requests for more flexible schedules have been denied.
April 21, 2026 at 7:18 PM
King County employees with PROTEC17 have taken over the lobby of the county's Chinook Building today to present Executive Zahilay with a blank check they say represents the unknown costs of new return to office mandates.
They're contending requests for more flexible schedules have been denied.
They're contending requests for more flexible schedules have been denied.
At a press conference at City Hall this morning, the Working Families Party and PROTEC17—the largest union of City of Seattle workers—endorsed Katie Wilson for mayor. The city union's endorsement is especially monumental because for most of these workers, incumbent Bruce Harrell is their boss.
July 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
At a press conference at City Hall this morning, the Working Families Party and PROTEC17—the largest union of City of Seattle workers—endorsed Katie Wilson for mayor. The city union's endorsement is especially monumental because for most of these workers, incumbent Bruce Harrell is their boss.
Big news about PROTEC17 stepping up for its CARE team workers and filing an unfair labor practice. Particularly brave to take on SPOG in this way.
Seattle’s largest union says the city’s agreement with SPOG on alternative response should be tossed.
Included in the story, details on efforts by high ranking SPD officials to hold a strict line on when to wave off crisis responders www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Included in the story, details on efforts by high ranking SPD officials to hold a strict line on when to wave off crisis responders www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Seattle union says police agreement on crisis response should be tossed
The complaint gets at the heart of an ongoing frustration in Seattle City Hall: that the city’s primary solution to police violence coming out of 2020 has been delayed.
www.seattletimes.com
April 18, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Big news about PROTEC17 stepping up for its CARE team workers and filing an unfair labor practice. Particularly brave to take on SPOG in this way.
Seattle City Council's District 2 race just got a little more crowded, as Protec17 union steward Jamie Fackler announced his candidacy. Fackler brings the strongest union ties to the race, and he also is the most unabashed proponent of social housing.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/08/u...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/08/u...
April 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Seattle City Council's District 2 race just got a little more crowded, as Protec17 union steward Jamie Fackler announced his candidacy. Fackler brings the strongest union ties to the race, and he also is the most unabashed proponent of social housing.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/08/u...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/08/u...
The one big donation to Wilson's PAC so far is $75,000 from PROTEC17, the union that represents city employees. As Harrell likes to mention on the campaign trail as an example of his management experience, most city employees ultimately answer to him, and they're backing his opponent.
October 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The one big donation to Wilson's PAC so far is $75,000 from PROTEC17, the union that represents city employees. As Harrell likes to mention on the campaign trail as an example of his management experience, most city employees ultimately answer to him, and they're backing his opponent.
Imagine if PROTEC17 came out and said that SDCI planners were only going to be processing the type of permits that the union considers important until they got a better contract.
The most illuminating part of this story is the head of the PEO union describing drivers parking in no-parking zones, which are frequently places where parking is restricted for pedestrian & bike mobility and safety, as a "benign" issue.
Parking Enforcement Officers On Work Slowdown After Contract Negotiations Stall
The PEOs have been working without a contract for two years. One issue: Their pay caps out at $37 an hour, compared to $52 for other city employees they say do similar work.
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The PEOs have been working without a contract for two years. One issue: Their pay caps out at $37 an hour, compared to $52 for other city employees they say do similar work.
publicola.com/2025/12/12/p...
December 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Imagine if PROTEC17 came out and said that SDCI planners were only going to be processing the type of permits that the union considers important until they got a better contract.
Wilson has also picked several co-chairs: Karen Estevenin of PROTEC17, Tiffani McCoy of House Our Neighbors, Quynh Pham of Friends of Little Saigon, and Brian Surratt of Greater Seattle Partners.
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Wilson has also picked several co-chairs: Karen Estevenin of PROTEC17, Tiffani McCoy of House Our Neighbors, Quynh Pham of Friends of Little Saigon, and Brian Surratt of Greater Seattle Partners.
ICYMI it yesterday, I wrote about the head of the Seattle civil rights department, whose staff have accused him of a litany of civil rights violations. Their union, PROTEC17, sent a detailed memo asking Mayor Katie Wilson to remove him in December.
Staff Call for Removal of Civil Rights Office Director, Citing “Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation, and Mismanagement”
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Staff Call for Removal of Civil Rights Office Director, Citing "Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation, and Mismanagement" - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Three years ago, before the City Council unanimously appointed Derrick Wheeler-Smith as director of the city’s…
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February 24, 2026 at 4:26 PM
ICYMI it yesterday, I wrote about the head of the Seattle civil rights department, whose staff have accused him of a litany of civil rights violations. Their union, PROTEC17, sent a detailed memo asking Mayor Katie Wilson to remove him in December.
Jamie Fackler, a city building inspector and union shop steward with PROTEC17, appears poised to jump into the race for Seattle City Council District 2, a race that is lacking a clear labor-aligned candidate so far.
Fackler registered his campaign with the PDC earlier this week.
Fackler registered his campaign with the PDC earlier this week.
April 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Jamie Fackler, a city building inspector and union shop steward with PROTEC17, appears poised to jump into the race for Seattle City Council District 2, a race that is lacking a clear labor-aligned candidate so far.
Fackler registered his campaign with the PDC earlier this week.
Fackler registered his campaign with the PDC earlier this week.
A large cadre of folks from PROTEC17 are also here to push Sound Transit for more flexible return-to-office policies.
April 23, 2026 at 8:55 PM
A large cadre of folks from PROTEC17 are also here to push Sound Transit for more flexible return-to-office policies.
as well as major labor unions including UFCW 3000 and PROTEC17; every Democratic Party organization in the city; and the thousands of grassroots supporters who powered her primary victory with their democracy vouchers, volunteer doorknocking, and votes.
October 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
as well as major labor unions including UFCW 3000 and PROTEC17; every Democratic Party organization in the city; and the thousands of grassroots supporters who powered her primary victory with their democracy vouchers, volunteer doorknocking, and votes.
McCoy because the social housing vote catalyzed Wilson’s run and Estevenin because PROTEC17 backed Wilson when most people thought she was a long shot and despite Harrell being its members’ boss
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
McCoy because the social housing vote catalyzed Wilson’s run and Estevenin because PROTEC17 backed Wilson when most people thought she was a long shot and despite Harrell being its members’ boss
Deputy Mayor Tim Burgess also invited city workers to attend this rally and march. The largest city union, PROTEC17, has endorsed Harrell's opponent Katie Wilson.
October 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Deputy Mayor Tim Burgess also invited city workers to attend this rally and march. The largest city union, PROTEC17, has endorsed Harrell's opponent Katie Wilson.
Today’s Council Meeting agenda includes: resolutions to adopt the Budget Calendar and to exchange property with ODOT for a skatepark in D4. Emergency ordinances to extend the expiration date of PROTEC17 collective bargaining agreement and pay a settlement in the sum of $938,328 involving PPB.
March 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today’s Council Meeting agenda includes: resolutions to adopt the Budget Calendar and to exchange property with ODOT for a skatepark in D4. Emergency ordinances to extend the expiration date of PROTEC17 collective bargaining agreement and pay a settlement in the sum of $938,328 involving PPB.
It should absolutely be tossed. SPOG openly wants to kill alternative response and negotiated a deal with Bruce Harrell to that end. I hope this effort by PROTEC17 succeeds.
Seattle’s largest union says the city’s agreement with SPOG on alternative response should be tossed.
Included in the story, details on efforts by high ranking SPD officials to hold a strict line on when to wave off crisis responders www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Included in the story, details on efforts by high ranking SPD officials to hold a strict line on when to wave off crisis responders www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Seattle union says police agreement on crisis response should be tossed
The complaint gets at the heart of an ongoing frustration in Seattle City Hall: that the city’s primary solution to police violence coming out of 2020 has been delayed.
www.seattletimes.com
April 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
It should absolutely be tossed. SPOG openly wants to kill alternative response and negotiated a deal with Bruce Harrell to that end. I hope this effort by PROTEC17 succeeds.
PROTEC17 endorsed him. Doesn’t seem to have helped much.
June 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
PROTEC17 endorsed him. Doesn’t seem to have helped much.
Union Members, King County Employees Protest Three-Day Office Mandate
Many employees have never had to work from an office in downtown Seattle, and have jobs that take them to far-flung locations.
publicola.com/2026/04/21/u...
Many employees have never had to work from an office in downtown Seattle, and have jobs that take them to far-flung locations.
publicola.com/2026/04/21/u...
Union Members, King County Employees Protest Three-Day Office Mandate - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Members of the PROTEC17 union, including King County employees, held a demonstration in the lobby of…
publicola.com
April 21, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Union Members, King County Employees Protest Three-Day Office Mandate
Many employees have never had to work from an office in downtown Seattle, and have jobs that take them to far-flung locations.
publicola.com/2026/04/21/u...
Many employees have never had to work from an office in downtown Seattle, and have jobs that take them to far-flung locations.
publicola.com/2026/04/21/u...
WEDNESDAY 3/5 COUNCIL MEETING SUPER🧵
Covering:
- Communications
- Budget calendar resolution/ordinance
- Appointments to HRS Steering Committee
- PROTEC17 Extension
- Settlement of Lawsuit (Woodstock)
- Workers Comp Claim (Parks)
- 4 Foreclosures
- Land Swap for Steel Bridge Skate Park
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Covering:
- Communications
- Budget calendar resolution/ordinance
- Appointments to HRS Steering Committee
- PROTEC17 Extension
- Settlement of Lawsuit (Woodstock)
- Workers Comp Claim (Parks)
- 4 Foreclosures
- Land Swap for Steel Bridge Skate Park
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March 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
WEDNESDAY 3/5 COUNCIL MEETING SUPER🧵
Covering:
- Communications
- Budget calendar resolution/ordinance
- Appointments to HRS Steering Committee
- PROTEC17 Extension
- Settlement of Lawsuit (Woodstock)
- Workers Comp Claim (Parks)
- 4 Foreclosures
- Land Swap for Steel Bridge Skate Park
#pdxcc
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Covering:
- Communications
- Budget calendar resolution/ordinance
- Appointments to HRS Steering Committee
- PROTEC17 Extension
- Settlement of Lawsuit (Woodstock)
- Workers Comp Claim (Parks)
- 4 Foreclosures
- Land Swap for Steel Bridge Skate Park
#pdxcc
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