BUSSING

Helping Our Members Move Forward

 

TRANSIT

Moving the Community

 

The Garcia * Salazar Team led Local 572 MV Santa Clarita members through a tough eight-week strike which resulted in significant wage increases and improvements to retirement benefits. The industry-leading contract that was won paved the way for our contract campaigns at other transit and school bus locations.

 

Our Team’s innovative campaign strategies and relentless commitment to winning strong contracts for Local 572 members resulted in the City of Los Angeles granting of additional millions of dollars into their MV contract so that the additional funds could be used to pay higher wages, pension increases, and top-tier medical coverage to Local 572 MV DASH members. This infusion of money helped not only Local 572 members, but other Teamsters Locals reap benefits as well.

 

Through the efforts of the Teamsters 572 Garcia * Salazar Avila Team, the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust has been negotiated into several transit contracts, spearheading our efforts to secure a solid pension for all transit employees.  

 

 

SCHOOL BUS

Caring for those who care for our children

 

Through our Team’s leadership and expert-negotiating skills, Local 572 members working in school bus are the highest paid drivers in their respective area. They also enjoy the best benefits, strongest workplace protections, and most-experienced bussing representatives in Southern California. 

 

Lourdes and our school bus business agents, Traci Smith, Michael Williams, Jaime Villanueva, Grace Guitron, and Sylvia Galvan, possess the skills, knowledge and experience to protect our members and enforce our contracts. In 2024, other Teamsters Locals recognized Lourdes’ success and leadership in the bussing industry and unanimously elected her Co-Chair of the Teamsters Joint Council 42 Passenger Transportation Council. 

 

 

COSTCO

Big Box – Bigger Impact

 

Business Agent Doug Brown has made sure management knows that he will fight for members, whether it’s at the bargaining table or on the warehouse floor.  Everyone who knows Doug agrees he’s all about the members. 

 

Doug won a landmark case, that had nationwide implications when he filed a grievance to protect bereavement leave, and he continues to fight to protect all we have achieved to better the lives of our members. 

 

Business Agent/Organizer Eliseo Avalos will use his vast Costco knowledge to further strengthen our Costco representation and to grow our Costco ranks. 

 

 

GATE GOURMET

Innovative, Dedicated Representation

 

Led by Executive Board Member/Business Representative Jaime Villanueva, our members at Gate Gourmet members now have the best wages and contract ever. Jaime, with the backing of Lourdes, fought for them and made sure their needs did not get lost in the national master negotiations. On top of that, our Local Union, again led by Jaime, joined forces with political leaders, community groups, and other unions to win the Olympic Wage which directly benefits all our Gate Gourmet members for years to come. 

 

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LAUSD/BCCHS

Fighting For All Workers

 

Members at LAUSD know the Teamsters 572 Garcia*Salazar Avila Slate has the experience and skill to represent public sector members.  No one knows how to navigate school district bureaucracy and politics better than Lourdes and Adriana, and they do what it takes to protect Local 572 members. 

 

Through President Adriana Salazar Avila’s leadership on the Health Benefits Committee, members and retirees of all unions will have lifetime medical benefits.  She leads the District’s Health Benefits Committee and is known as a tough negotiator who is always challenging vendors that try to increase costs for members.  With Business Representatives Freddie Campos and Bryan Flores on the team, LAUSD and BCCHS members have received healthy raises throughout the years.

 

TESTIMONIAL

 

“When I called Adriana, I wasn’t sure anyone could help me.  She proved to be a tremendous fighter and ended up getting me a settlement that exceeded my expectations. Adriana never gave up and now, my wife and I are able to buy a new home!”

 

Stephen Le Duc

LAUSD

 

 

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PEPSI

 

Our Team, through Executive Board Member/Business Representative Jaime Villanueva, leads the Teamsters in protecting our members and fighting for strong contracts with improved wages and medical benefits.  In the competitive soft drink industry, it’s important to have a strong union team protecting against company efforts to dip into employee’s pockets. 

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RALPHS

Leaders in the Industry

 

Business Agent Tait Skistrom’s experience and institutional knowledge about the grocery industry, and Ralphs in particular, has been a tremendous asset in contract negotiations. Tait serves as co-chair of the Teamsters Joint Council Food Council and is responsible for negotiating the Teamsters Local’s contracts with Ralphs, Vons, Albertson’s, and Stater Brothers. Secretary-Treasurer Lourdes Garcia has had a hand in grocery negotiations for the past 30 years. She has offered guidance, including her legal expertise, that has proven invaluable to reaching the strong contracts our members deserve. Now, as Local 572’s secretary-treasurer, Lourdes will serve as the chairperson for Local 572’s bargaining committee, and use her 30 years of institutional knowledge and experience negotiating union contracts to fight for our members. 

 

 

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UPS

 

Protecting our Contract and Membership 

 

Business Agent Tait Skifstrom gets results for our members. No fanfare or drama, just results that help our members. Whether it’s discipline, supervisor working grievances, or short on pay issues—Tait produces results we are proud of.

 

 

ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIES 

 

Our experienced team leads the way in negotiating strong contracts in a variety of industries and companies, including companies such as World Oil, Canteen Vending, Bakery, Puritan Bakery, Cunico, and SPX. And they use their knowledge and experience to ensure the contracts won are enforced to protect our members. 

 

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RETIREMENT AND HEALTH AND WELFARE FUNDS

 

Secretary-Treasurer Lourdes Garcia is an elected Trustee on the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund and the Teamsters and Food Employers Security Trust Fund. Her election to these positions was unanimous by the principal officers of other Teamsters Locals within Joint Council 42, proving that Lourdes is a respected voice and that her leadership and expertise are in demand beyond Local 572. 

 

Local 572 President Adriana Salazar Avila chairs the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Health Benefits Committee. She was elected to this position __ years ago by the all the Unions that represent employees at LAUSD.  She has been greatly successful in this role, improving current employee benefits, without any cost to our members, while also protecting sacred retiree benefits.