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Ski patrollers and paramedics at Loveland Ski Area have voted to unionize with the United Professional Ski Patrols of America, a union representing about 700 ski patrollers across the West.
Ski patrollers at Loveland unionized to address common workplace issues, including insufficient benefits for their job requirements and pay incommensurate with their hazardous work, according to a news release from United Professional Ski Patrols.
“The message is positive. We like our jobs,” Loveland ski patroller and EMT Allison Perry said. “We get to do the thing most of us love the most: skiing and snowboarding. But we take on a tremendous amount of risk. We get injured. We handle explosives. We rescue people. We want to be recognized as the skill professionals we are and make the job we love a viable career path.”
Loveland ski patrollers reached out to United Professional Ski Patrols, CWA Local 7781, about six months ago, according to Isabel Aries, a local coordinator with the union. The union also represents patrollers and EMTs at eight other ski areas, including Breckenridge Ski Resort, Steamboat Resort, Purgatory Resort and Telluride Ski Resort.
