High turnover for airport screeners as holiday travel season looms, unions say
Now the pressure is on for airports to have a smooth holiday season, but high turnover and widespread bargaining between security screeners and their employers could throw another wrench into operations.
Both GardaWorld and Allied Universal both said they are well staffed, with GardaWorld increasing hiring for the holiday, while Securitas declined to comment, citing ongoing bargaining.Almost all of the security screeners covered by USW are currently in bargaining with their employers, said Lipton. Among them are the Quebec and Atlantic Canada screeners, who recently rejected an offer from Securitas, and workers at the Ottawa airport who are bargaining with GardaWorld, he said.
Keith Aiken with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers , which represents thousands of security screeners in B.C. and Ontario, including the ones at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, didn’t give specifics but said the turnover rate for security screeners is “very high.” He attributed turnover at Pearson to scheduling and working conditions.
That means some new recruits are performing non-screening functions in the queues to optimize staffing. She also said CATSA has added more trainers.
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