The point of this is clearly to reduce their bonus expenditures. Doing so directly would be seen as an attack on the unions, so they pull this harebrained lotto

The point of this is clearly to reduce their bonus expenditures. Doing so directly would be seen as an attack on the unions, so they pull this harebrained lotto system out of their hat and pretend they are trying to innovate. When it fails in a year or two, they’ll make a show of listening to their employees and bring back a bonus program similar to the old one but with significant cuts to the amounts and focus on attendance for qualification. At least that’s what it looks like to me.