Ski patrollers at Breckenridge vote 43-42 to unionize
Ski patrollers at Breckenridge have voted to unionize. By one vote.
The 43-42 vote announced this week on the National Labor Relations Board website adds Breckenridge to a growing list of ski areas with unionized patrollers.
Patrollers in Crested Butte, Steamboat, Telluride, Utah’s Park City and Washington’s Stevens Pass are part of the United Professional Ski Patrols of America, a chapter of the Communication Workers of America. Patrollers at the four Aspen Skiing Co. resorts in the Roaring Fork Valley are part of a private union.
Patrollers at Montana’s Big Sky resort last month approved unionization in a 69-21 vote. Last month, patrollers at Keystone rejected a unionization effort in a 42-36 vote.
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