Members of the Park City Mountain ski patrol in Utah went on strike for 13 days to demand higher pay, causing long wait times and frustration for customers. The strike ended after the resort agreed to raise their pay by $2 an hour. The new contract, which will last until 2027, gives entry-level ski patrollers a starting salary of $23 an hour, with experienced members earning an additional $4 an hour on average. The ski patrol conducts mountain safety operations and responds to medical emergencies, and the strike disrupted resort operations for several days.
The resort operated at limited capacity during the strike, causing disappointment for guests who had traveled long distances for a ski trip. One family spent over $20,000 on their trip, only to encounter three-hour ski lift lines and potentially unsafe mountain conditions. Park City and the union released a joint statement expressing their satisfaction with the agreement and their desire to go back to normal resort operations quickly. The city officials are looking forward to welcoming back the patrollers and opening more terrain for the guests. The strike was the result of eight months of negotiations between the union and the resort.
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