Flight Simulator Technicians in Miami and Denver working for Airbus and represented by TWU Local 525 recently ratified a new five-year contract that locks in a 20 percent raise, along with other significant benefits. The Flight Simulator Technicians set up the massive simulators, which need to be constantly reconfigured to mimic different Airbus aircraft. They also maintain and install the flight…
This is the monthly edition of the Transport Workers Union’s Transportation Technology Newsletter. We aim to inform and educate our members, the labor movement, the public and policymakers about developments in transportation technology – and what the TWU is doing to ensure that new technology doesn’t undermine safety or harm the livelihoods of hard-working blue-collar…
Applications for the 2026 Michael J. Quill Scholarship are now being accepted. Winners will receive fifteen (15) college-bound dependents of TWU members a scholarship worth $4800.00. This scholarship will be paid out each year in the amount of $1200.00 to winners who continue to be eligible over their four (4) year college course. The scholarship application…
The TWU honored Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. today through action: packaging and delivering boxes of supplies for the homeless in Miami.
Community service is important,” TWU International Administrative Vice President Curtis Tate said. “As Dr King said, it’s about service. It’s about giving back. It’s about uplifting each other. And at the TWU, we strongly believe in that.”