Vail resorts should work with Park City ski patrollers
I am writing to you in response to the situation in Park City and asking you to listen to these patrollers and work harder to meet their demands.
Vail Resorts is a leader, some would argue, the leader, and rightfully so. It is beyond important that you recognize where you have gotten. Without the dedicated front line employees like the men and women of the Park City Ski Patrol, there would be no major acquisitions, or successful balance sheets or shareholder meetings.
I am as much a capitalist as the next person. But I understand that capitalism works when people are paid what they are worth. These patrollers are asking for respect and a feeling of self worth. They are asking to be treated like humans and be treated with dignity and for you to understand that they deserve to be paid. This is a decision that goes beyond a balance sheet, and a set of numbers. I ask that you step outside the numbers and put your trust in human capital that the fine men and women of the Park City Ski patrol…