Park Metropolis, Utah — Regardless of months of negotiations, important gaps stay within the contract negotiations between the Park Metropolis Skilled Ski Patrol Affiliation and Vail Resorts.
At this time, the Park Metropolis Skilled Ski Patrol Affiliation introduced that negotiations have stalled relating to wages, advantages, and academic alternatives. Based on the Park Document, this led to them strolling out of a Thursday night time assembly with Vail Resorts.
Deirdra Walsh, who’s the VP and COO of Park Metropolis Mountain Resort, mentioned the next to the Park Document relating to the walkout:
“The union walked out of negotiations once we have been ready to debate their wage proposal. We have been able to proceed conversations, and it was disappointing to see them refuse any dialogue and depart the dialogue abruptly…Our supply would offer returning patrollers at Park Metropolis Mountain this season with a mean wage enhance of 4%, plus a $1,600 tools allowance.”
As well as, the union unanimously authorized authorizing a strike. It needs to be famous that authorizing a strike doesn’t imply that they’re occurring strike proper now or that such a transfer is imminent. The unanimous determination to authorize a strike implies that they will declare a strike once they imagine the time is true to take action. The following assembly is deliberate for Monday, December 14th. The Park Document reviews that Vail Resorts plans to deliver Invoice Rock, the top of the Mountain Division for the company, to the assembly.
In response to Thursday’s assembly, Deirdra Walsh issued the next assertion to Unofficial Networks:
“We’re deeply dissatisfied the union has determined to vote to authorize a strike after refusing to barter in good religion or talk about mediation on Thursday, and this method doesn’t acknowledge that Park Metropolis Mountain patrol wages have elevated greater than 50% previously 4 seasons to a mean wage of $25/hour. We wish to reassure our neighborhood, our workers, and our friends that Park Metropolis Mountain will stay open with security as our high precedence, whatever the union’s actions.”
For extra info relating to the negotiations, take a look at PCPSPA’s press launch under and a response by Vail Resorts.
Park Metropolis Skilled Ski Patrol Affiliation Authorizes a Strike and Gives Replace on Contract Negotiations with Vail Resorts
PARK CITY, UT – December 14, 2024 – The Park Metropolis Skilled Ski Patrol Affiliation (PCPSPA) continues to come across important challenges in its ongoing contract negotiations with Vail Resorts. Regardless of months of conferences, together with the newest bargaining session on the night of December twelfth, little progress has been made on a proposed wages, advantages, and training package deal.
PCPSPA offered its preliminary proposal on wages and advantages on September twentieth. Since then, Vail Resorts has handed just about the identical financial counterproposal again thrice with out substantial revisions, regardless of PCPSPA making important concessions. Vail’s present proposal removes essential wage parity protections provided within the expired contract, secured in 2022. To handle mounting frustrations at these unacceptable gives, PCPSPA held a strike authorization vote this week during which 100% of the membership who voted, voted sure to authorize a strike. This vote underscores the urgency of resolving these essential points and the solidarity of the union’s membership.
In the course of the negotiations session on December twelfth, PCPSPA members and supporters gathered for an illustration exterior of negotiations. The demonstration drew round 120 attendees, showcasing the energy of the union’s dedication to securing a good contract that displays the worth of ski patrollers and mountain security patrollers and their important work.
PCPSPA’s key priorities embody:
● Securing a wage and profit package deal that enables members to thrive and aligns with the documented value of dwelling within the Park Metropolis space.
● Establishing a wage construction that encourages profession longevity amongst workers, fostering a extremely expert and skilled patrol. This advantages each patrollers and Vail Resorts by sustaining security and excellence on the mountain.
● Decompressing the pay scale to make sure tenured patrollers are compensated for his or her expertise, information, and expertise. This contains sustaining an industry-leading training and coaching package deal.
● Protecting wages consistent with inflation since 2022. Beginning wages have been raised to $21 per hour in 2022, however rising prices equate to what needs to be a $23 beginning wage right now. Neighboring resort, Deer Valley, just lately raised their beginning wage to $23.50 and Powder Mountain-another Utah ski resort-starts ski patrollers at $26 an hour.
“These priorities transcend honest pay—they’re important for creating sustainable careers in ski patrol and making certain the security and high quality of service on the mountain,” mentioned Kate Lips, PCPSPA president and seventh 12 months Ski Patroller. “We’d like Vail Resorts to return to the desk with a proposal that displays the worth of our work and the price of dwelling on this neighborhood.”
PCPSPA stays dedicated to advocating for its members and urges Vail Resorts to prioritize significant negotiations. The union will proceed to offer updates to the neighborhood as discussions progress.
For media inquiries or extra info, please contact:
Quinn Graves or Margaux Klingensmith
PCPSPA Enterprise Managers
pcpspassociation@gmail.com
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The Park Metropolis Skilled Ski Patrol Affiliation is a part of CWA Native 7781, The United Skilled Ski Patrols of America. Via Native 7781, The Communications Staff of America symbolize Ski Patrollers at Park Metropolis, Utah; Solitude, Utah; Crested Butte, Colorado; Steamboat, Colorado; Telluride, Colorado; Keystone, Colorado; Whitefish, Montana; Stevens Move, Washington; and Carry Upkeep departments at Park Metropolis, Utah and Crested Butte, Colorado. The CWA is dedicated to bettering the working situations of Ski Patrollers and different mountain staff – who statistically have some of the harmful jobs in america and Canada – and inside the ski {industry} usually.
Info from Park Metropolis Mountain:
Park Metropolis Mountain patrol wages have elevated greater than 50% over the previous 4 seasons, far outpacing inflation.The common wage for a seasonal patroller at Park Metropolis Mountain is over $25/hour and the resort’s extra skilled seasonal patrollers with specialised expertise make a mean of 35% greater than entry stage patrollers. Our patrol wages and advantages are attracting sturdy expertise with almost 3,000 candidates for under 300 open patrol roles throughout our North American mountain resorts.Returning patrollers at Park Metropolis Mountain this season will obtain a mean wage enhance of 4%, plus a $1,600 tools allowance, with our wage proposal. The wages and advantages in our proposal to the Park Metropolis Mountain patrol union are in keeping with these accepted by all our different patrols – each unionized and non-unionized – reflecting specialised expertise and the distinctive wants of particular person resorts.
Picture Credit: Park Metropolis Skilled Ski Patrol Affiliation, Park Metropolis Mountain Resort
Replace 12/14 6:20 p.m.: This text has been up to date to offer extra statements from Vail Resorts.
