From corporate burr to community asset

From corporate burr to community asset

Aspen ski patrollers negotiated crucial protections now benefiting all SkiCo workers

APSPA: From corporate burr to community asset - Aspen Journalism

In part two of the history of ski patrol unions (read part one here), a dramatic loss of benefits leads to the formation of the Aspen Professional Ski Patrol Association in 1986. As APSPA nears its 40th anniversary, the separate United Mountain Workers CWA local 7781 represents other ski patrols and mountain groups. To visitors and the community, the Aspen ski patrols could be the last stronghold of the inscrutable Aspen mystique. As the backsto…