Welcome to the CUPE Local 4092 Official Website, representing Air Canada Flight Attendants in Toronto!
Unpaid Work Won't Fly! Negotiations have begun! Join the YYZ Mob!!!
Did you know flight attendants in Canada work for an average of 35 hours for free every month?
Because airlines don’t pay us for duties like assisting passengers with boarding, pre-flight safety checks, deplaning, and other delays, we spend nearly a full work week every month working for free. Even though we are on the job in uniform and taking responsibility for the safety and well-being of their passengers. In Canada. In 2025.
Think that’s messed up? So do we. And our CEO doesn't think it is appropriate to comment on this.
So what are you going to do about it?
Wear your Union Pin and Unpaid Work baggage tag.
Keep in mind that showing support for your Union during the bargaining process is your right. The employer can not interfere with this, and you cannot be disciplined for wearing them. COme by the local to pick up some swag!
Learn about the bargaining process by listening and stay up to date by listening to our podcasts:
Add your voice to tell the federal government and the big airlines: unpaid work won’t fly!
https://unpaidworkwontfly.ca/
Stay up to date on how bargaining is going.
We have a Zoom Roadshow coming up on April 9, 2025 to provide updates on the ongoing bargaining process.
Got questions? We’ve got answers! Submit your questions to contact@accomponent.ca and we'll address them during the session. Please note that we will be focusing on bargaining-related inquiries only for this Roadshow. Have you heard a rumour you’d like confirmed? Or are you unclear about what we’re currently bargaining for? Now’s your chance to ask!
The Zoom Roadshow will be held on April 9, 2025 from 18:00 to 19:00h EDT. Registration for this event is open to all members system wide. Please click the link below to register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7yNk8Gs9ShSHLmL9xntzaw
CUPE VOTES ! In this Federal election, the stakes are high!
Vote in the Federal Election
The Federal Liberal party and it's new leader Mark Carney recently visited the Governor General to kick off an election campaign.
As flight attendants, our working conditions fall under federal jurisdiction (the Canada Labour Code) and we are heavily regulated by Transport Canada. As such, it is in our best interest to be paying attention to federal politics. Add in the threat of tariffs and how global economic uncertainty may affect the airline industry, there really isn't any excuse to stay at home on April 28, 2025.
You can vote as of April 1st, in person, at your local Elections office. This option remains open until 18:00 on April 22, 2025.
You can make an application to vote by mail. The application must be received by April 22, 2025.
You can vote at your advance polling station on the following dates:
* Friday, April 18, 2025
* Saturday, April 19, 2025
* Sunday, April 20, 2025
* Monday, April 21, 2025
You can find the locations and times for advance polls online April 1, 2025.
Finally, you can make you choice known by voting on election day on April 28, 2025.
Watch the mail for your voting card or click here to get information for your area, using your postal code.
https://www.elections.ca/home.aspx
Should you be scheduled to work on these days, you may contact your manager to arrange time off for voting. Please note that you are only entitled to a maximum of 3 hours free from duty to vote, and you may be subject to reassignment for the remainder of your pairing.
Click here for information from CUPE National on the election and core issues.
Try out the CBC Vote Compass to help you explore how your views compare with the parties vying for your vote in this election.
https://votecompass.cbc.ca/
Click hereto see the letter sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney in regards to our Unpaid Work Won't Fly campaign.
The Federal Liberal party and it's new leader Mark Carney recently visited the Governor General to kick off an election campaign.
As flight attendants, our working conditions fall under federal jurisdiction (the Canada Labour Code) and we are heavily regulated by Transport Canada. As such, it is in our best interest to be paying attention to federal politics. Add in the threat of tariffs and how global economic uncertainty may affect the airline industry, there really isn't any excuse to stay at home on April 28, 2025.
You can vote as of April 1st, in person, at your local Elections office. This option remains open until 18:00 on April 22, 2025.
You can make an application to vote by mail. The application must be received by April 22, 2025.
You can vote at your advance polling station on the following dates:
* Friday, April 18, 2025
* Saturday, April 19, 2025
* Sunday, April 20, 2025
* Monday, April 21, 2025
You can find the locations and times for advance polls online April 1, 2025.
Finally, you can make you choice known by voting on election day on April 28, 2025.
Watch the mail for your voting card or click here to get information for your area, using your postal code.
https://www.elections.ca/home.aspx
Should you be scheduled to work on these days, you may contact your manager to arrange time off for voting. Please note that you are only entitled to a maximum of 3 hours free from duty to vote, and you may be subject to reassignment for the remainder of your pairing.
Click here for information from CUPE National on the election and core issues.
Try out the CBC Vote Compass to help you explore how your views compare with the parties vying for your vote in this election.
https://votecompass.cbc.ca/
Click hereto see the letter sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney in regards to our Unpaid Work Won't Fly campaign.
Upcoming Events
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Crew Breaks
An onboard crew break is the time allocated to eat meals and/or relax during the flight.
As of June 4, 2024, due to changes to the Canada Labour Code, employees are entitled to a break of 30 minutes during every period of 5 consecutive hours of work. The break can be divided into two periods of 15 minutes. Existing standards regarding onboard breaks (e.g., when/where they can be taken) apply to… [Read]
On Board Rest
You are entitled to take your onboard crew rest, Please report to the Company and the union if you are unable to complete service and/ or schedule sufficient crew rest on long range flights. Please give us a schedule of how long the service took and and any further details on flight, such as equipment failures that prolonged service, turblence, passenger issues, medicals, crew complement, etc.
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LOU28 - CREW BREAKS
Flights scheduled or re-forecasted on day of departure of 7:01hrs-8:00hrs gate to gate
Cabin Crew may sleep for up to one (1) hour
Cabin Crew may sleep in last sold seats if available
If Crew Rest Unit (CRU) is available crew may only sleep in the CRU/OFAR
The service sequence may not be modified
Bunk kits will not be provisioned on aircraft with a CRU/OFAR
Flights scheduled or re-forecasted on day of departure of 8:01hrs-11:29hrs gate to gate
Cabin Crew may sleep for one (1) hour
Cabin Crew may sleep in last sold seats if available
If Crew Rest Unit (CRU) is available crew may only sleep in the CRU/OFAR
The service sequence may be modified to provide the crew their full break period
Bunk kits will be provisioned on aircraft with a CRU/OFAR for the flight(s) within the pairing that are 8:01hrs-11:29hrs
LOU 61
On A330 and A321XLR non-crew bunk equipped aircraft operating flights which have a
scheduled block to block flight time of greater than 7:30 hours but less than 11:30
hours, the Company will dedicate a bank of economy class seats for crew rest
purposes. The location of these seats will be determined by the Company.
Cabin Personnel may sleep in the bank of dedicated economy class seats for a
maximum of one (1) hour per crew member.
The use of these seats to sleep shall not in any way interfere with cabin service.
No more than two (2) Cabin Personnel may sleep at any one time. The Company shall
use best efforts to install a curtain for privacy which, if installed, must be used by Cabin
Personnel when the seats are in use. Signs or makeshift curtains are not permitted.
Letters of Understanding 27 and 28 shall not apply when dedicated crew rest seats
have been provided in accordance with the foregoing.
LOU 61
B14, LOU18, LOU22A, LOU22B, LOU 60.04.06 - CREW REST
Rest periods have been negotiated for long range flying and are as follows:
B14 two (2) hours of rest
– LOU18 a minimum of two and a half (2.5) hours of rest for a duty day up to 14:59hrs
LOU18 four (4) hours of rest for a duty day 15:00hrs or greater
– LOU22A four (4) hours of rest for a duty day up to 17:10hrs
LOU22A four and a half (4.5) hours for a duty day 17:11hrs or greater
– LOU22B five (5) hours of rest for a duty day up to 18:45hrs
– LOU22B five and a half (5.5) hours of rest for a duty day 18:46hrs or greater
The service specifications may be modified for crew to obtain their full contractual break/rest times. In such cases, the SD should submit an a report stating that the service sequence was modified so that the crew can obtain their contractual break/rest times.
Meal breaks are to be taken separately from the on board crew rest.
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The Company will designate the longe range flying article or LOU on a monthly basis before bidding closes. You can verify the designated article/LOU of each long range pairing in Aeronet:->Crew scheduling & planning ->Bidding tools and information ->Monthly duty summary or ->Monthly "whats new"
With the exception of (**) LOU28 flights of 7:01hrs-8:00hrs, the service specifications may need to be modified for crew to obtain their full contractual break/rest times. In such cases, the SD should submit an eOBR simply stating that the service sequence was modified so that the crew can obtain their contractual break/rest times. Ensure to share this OBR with your local union office. If there is a manager onboard, report this service modification to them.
If you are told anything different in respect to contractual crew rest by an Air Canada manager, please share this information with your local union.
For other types of flying, your break time is as follows from the Canada Labour Code.
Break
169.1 (1) Every employee is entitled to and shall be granted an unpaid break of at least 30 minutes during every period of five consecutive hours of work. If the employer requires the employee to be at their disposal during the break period, the employee must be paid for the break.
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Crew Bunk Kits
YYC
Bunk kits will be provisioned (outbound only) in YYC for flights to LHR
and bunk kits will be provisioned in LHR for flights to YYC
YVR
Bunk kits will be provisioned (outbound only) in YVR for flights to LHR
and bunk kits will be provisioned in LHR for flights to YVR
YYZ
Bunk kits will be provisioned in LHR for the LHR-BOM flights
Bunk kits will be provisioned in BOM for the BOM-LHR flights
