80 years ago today, our union was founded by eight women at United Airlines! On August 22, 1945 a small group of what were then known as stewardesses formed the Air Line Stewardess Association (ALSSA) — the first union for Flight Attendants. Today, as the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, we’ve grown to 55,000 Flight Attendants at 20 airlines. Flight Attendants have joined together in AFA to fight for fair compensation, job security, and improved quality of life through organizing, bargainin