March 4, 2020

Local 174 is pleased to welcome our newest staff member, Chris Porter, into the Business Agent family. Chris joins the staff from Reddaway, where he has been a Teamster for over 26 years. Once he has learned the ropes as a Teamster Business Agent, he will take on jurisdiction in the Freight industry where he spent his entire career.

Chris was trained and mentored by his former Business Agent and longtime friend Brian Davis. Brian Davis had always spoken very highly of Chris and his ability, and would be very proud to see him in this new role.

Chris’s time at Reddaway was split between dock work and driving work, as he spent 14 years as a driver and then 12 years working on the dock. He has been an active Shop Steward for 22 years, during which time he made sure to attend every single Steward and Activist Training at Local 174. He has also served on two Reddaway contract bargaining committees, and accepted and was elected as a Delegate on the Hicks slate to represent the members of Local 174 at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Convention in 2011.

In addition, Chris was instrumental in helping to organize a new group of Reddaway Tacoma workers into Local 174, resulting in over 100 new members of our Local Union.

“We are confident that Chris will be able to step up and do a great job for our members in the Freight industry,” said Teamsters Local 174 Secretary-Treasurer Rick Hicks. “Our membership is growing, and so is our staff. We are lucky Chris can take his commitment to fighting for his members to the next level as a Business Agent, and we are proud to have him in our family!”

Founded in 1909, Teamsters Local 174 represents 8,600 working men and women in Seattle and the surrounding areas. “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TeamstersLocal174.