May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The TWU Local 556 CISM team is one Committee that is available to support you through life’s challenges. Mental Health Awareness month helps those with a condition overcome the stigma and get access to professional help.
On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, TWU Local 556 2nd Vice President Ray Presnall announced his resignation, effective immediately.
We all know that TWU Local 556 is responsible for negotiating and upholding our Contract. Still, many Members don’t recognize the direct importance of our grievance process and how it can impact all of us. A pervasive Union-busting narrative is that Unions fight for bad employees. This is not true. Through the representation, grievance, and arbitration process, our Union ensures that our employer follows all legal and pre-established procedures and timelines for everyone equally and fairly.
What are the Minimum Crew requirements, and who established them? How do they apply to boarding, through flights, deplaning, and the end of duty? These questions and more are quickly and briefly answered in this week’s Education Committee Fast Fact Friday.
Spring is often known as the season for sowing seeds, but we’re already preparing for harvest!
On May 1, 2024, our Union ratified a new Contract that delivered an immediate 22.325% raise. That moment was historic, but it wasn’t the finish line. May 1, 2025, marks the first of several annual 3% raises we won through that agreement. These raises are more than numbers. They reflect our strength at the bargaining table, our persistence in the face of delay, and our belief that TWU Local 556 Members are the best Flight Attendants in the industry.
Education is important to TWU Local 556. Our Local is proud to sponsor five (5) scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year:
The Charline Jenkins “CJ” Bostic Scholarship
The Paul Gaynor Scholarship
The Madeleine Howard Scholarship
The Robert “Trebor” McDowell-Akins Scholarship
The Gwen York Scholarship
