Breckenridge ski patrollers union secures new contract with Vail Resorts, calling it a ‘big win’ ...

On Friday, Nov. 21, the Breckenridge Ski Patrol Union and Breckenridge Ski Resort officially ratified a new union contract. The contract comes after the Breckenridge Ski Patrol Union and the ski resort spent several hours on Thursday, Nov. 13, negotiating in a bargaining meeting. If an agreement was not reached in that bargaining session, ski patrollers representing the union were prepared to picket outside of the BreckConnect Gondola on Sunday, Nov. 16. With a tentative agreement coming out of the bargaining session, union members and the ski resort then began working on ratifying the contract. Nearly a week later, the contract was formally adopted with both entities agreeing on a new...