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Tremblant on strike...

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unrigged
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this is complete bullshit, tremblants hotel people strike and as a result the whole mountain suffers.... i am so dissapointed because my holiday is going to be ruined.
Dec 23 2005 1:53PM
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LeBlanc
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what? why?
Dec 23 2005 1:54PM
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$westside$
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my friend is there with his family right now, i havnt hurd anything though
Dec 23 2005 2:31PM
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cams
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Go to www.tremblant.ca for all details. 2 lifts are still open servicing 37 trails so at least we can still ride.
Dec 23 2005 3:19PM
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vv1zard
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it says most everything is open so chill
Dec 23 2005 6:08PM
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Annie.
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ya everyone's making a huge deal about this strike...it's no biggie..most of the hills are open..and if they're not just hit up the powder closed runs..so sick!..your christmas break wont be ruined..it's still bangin' up there
Dec 23 2005 6:12PM
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chapz
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^ exactly, just the hotels are on strike, the mountain isnt
Dec 23 2005 6:25PM
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4frntSkier
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sounds like its connected to intrawest for shure
Dec 23 2005 6:37PM
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johnnypsunami
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^ dude if there is only 2 lifts running apparently the mountain is also on strike.
Dec 23 2005 6:38PM
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pocket-rocket
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they just revoted again, and voted still for striking...fucked!
Dec 23 2005 6:39PM
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johnnypsunami
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^FUCK
Dec 23 2005 6:40PM
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Jessbuff
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I heard the union is asking for 35% to payroll over the next 3 years. What's the justification?

I mean, seriously, my mom's union got 33% over 5 years, but they had a really good reason. She works for stats can and they have field interviewers (primarily females) and regional office interviewers (primarily men). Anyway, they had the same job description but my mom was being paid substantially less.
Dec 23 2005 6:41PM
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SSBS
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juts the hotels??? where the fuck do you think all the tourists are staying dum-dum? this strike is hurting both the mountain and the shops from all around town who see the number of customers drop because of the strike. For the moment, the lifts are run by office people, can you believe this?

It is also unbelievable because Tremblant's employess are some of the best paid of the industry, for exemple, a liftie gets paid 13$ an hour!!

This strike hurts the whole ski industry, and its a shame that some people dont even know squat about it.
Dec 23 2005 6:45PM
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00000000
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It's not that bad, I was up at tremblant monday-friday and I'll prolly be going back up again. If anyone got any questions about what's open or not feel free to ask
Dec 23 2005 6:51PM
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lanks
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its actually pretty gay though. if they werent on strike they'd have had all the lifts open and all that snow that fell would have been groomed. everything would be open.

right now they have a gay little 10 foot table in the park (they could have built a bunch of good jumps with all the snow they have), and no park staff. its filllllled with joeys.

and they ruined my vacation by having everything closed for my family to do off the hill. so all they did was whine, which ruined my vacation.
Dec 23 2005 8:29PM
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pocket-rocket
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Its all the intrawest employees that are on strike not just the hotels.

they want 15%over the next 3 years, instead of 20 over the next 5 years or something. They also are scared that the sub contractors will take over, which is probably what will happen.
Dec 23 2005 8:29PM
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pocket-rocket
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And yes, a liftie gets paid 13$, but the rent is a lot more expensive in tremblant than in st-sauveur or whatsoever. Intrawest argues that they are the best paid of all their resort, but in fact, the other resorts are underpaid. its not like you can make it in whistler getting paid 8.50$ an hour.
Dec 23 2005 8:31PM
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pocket-rocket
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oh, and dont get me wrong, im against this strike, but lets put the right facts out there.
Dec 23 2005 8:31PM
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