34 Years Strong
For 34 years, our union has stood together to protect our rights, improve working conditions, and build a stronger future for flight attendants.
What started in 1992 as a fight for fairness has led to major improvements that continue to benefit all of us today.
Before unionization, there were no real limits on monthly flying hours or even on how long a duty day could last.
Since then, six collective agreements have been negotiated — each bringing important gains for our members, including:
- Monthly flying blocks between 65 and 85 hours, with a maximum of 95 hours
- Guaranteed monthly hours
- Reduced duty days, now capped at 14 scheduled hours with a 16-hour absolute maximum
- Major wage increases over the years, from approximately $17/hour to over $74/hour after 10 years of service
- Overtime premiums for duty time
- 16 weeks of preventive leave for pregnant flight attendants
- Creation of the MSPP pension plan through CUPE
- Reduced reserve periods from 24 hours to AM/PM assignments
- Better hotel protections on long layovers
- Secured crew seats for flights over 7 hours or departures after 10 PM from Canada
More recently, we stood together to push back against major concessions proposed by the employer — including wage cuts, reduced crew complements, and rollbacks to key protections.
Because of the strength and solidarity of our members, those concessions were rejected.
Our work isn’t done.
Together, we continue to fight for:
- Reduced fatigue and healthier pairings
- Better onboard and layover rest conditions
- Stronger job protection
- Safer, fairer working conditions for all
34 years later, one thing remains the same:
Our strength comes from standing together.