About year round healthcare, parental leave, and salary increases for more experienced employees. The union publicized the $2 raise for starting wages for obvious PR Reasons. It also wasn’t about the PC ski Patrol, it’s about all the other employees at their other resorts who will want year round healthcare and more parental leave.
Vail isn’t doing well financially and a massive increase in their payroll expenses could spell trouble for them. Vail did a terrible job taking care of their customers and deserves plenty of criticism for that.