Stay strong, Patrollers. You deserve what you're asking for!
For all Ski Patrollers on strike, fighting for your basic needs such as living wages and benefits, as a prior union man of nearly 20 years, I salute you. Nothing in this life is given to us until we stand up and demand it. Most resort workers deserve better wages, benefits and certainly treatment. However, no other resort workers literally put their own lives on the line to come to the aid and rescue of those in need at their darkest moments. As a former big city EMT with a decade+ experience, I know this first hand. These corporate resorts know exactly what they’re doing and it will be their undoing in the long run.
In the words of Flo Rida, “They watching, I notice. I’m rocking, I’m rolling. I’m holding, I know it. You know it…..I said it. Go tell it. Confetti. Who ready? I’m ready. You ready? Let’s get it!”