The first thing I would say is that employee representatives weren't involved in negotiating the bonus CATSA provided.
The United Steelworkers union represents workers at 42 airports. The bonus program was brought in unilaterally. That money could have been used to negotiate fairer conditions and encourage people to stay in their jobs over the summer. I truly believe that the money could have been used to negotiate a much fairer agreement with all the parties, the private firms, CATSA and the United Steelworkers union. Instead, the program was a total disaster.
If an employee had to take their child to the hospital, they didn't get their attendance bonus. Under the program, even if an employee took time off for an approved reason, they missed out on the bonus. That's completely unacceptable, and we won't go through another summer under a similar program.