Park City ski patrollers ended their strike on Wednesday after reaching a new contract agreement with Vail Resorts. The agreement includes significant pay raises, improved education and parental leave benefits, and a restructured wage scale designed to retain experienced patrollers.
Ski patrollers in Park City are returning to work on Wednesday after a 10-month negotiation process with Vail Resorts . The union representing the patrollers, the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association, ratified a new contract on Wednesday night. The agreement includes hard-fought raises across all ranks, with entry-level patrollers and mountain safety employees receiving a $2 per hour increase.
Experienced patrollers will see an average increase of $4 per hour, while the most experienced positions could see an average increase of $7.75 per hour. In addition to pay raises, the new contract also includes enhanced education clauses, restructured wage scales to retain patrollers long-term, and parental leave policies
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