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Workers in Yellowstone vote to unionize
July 28, 2023 // The Yellowstone organizing committee said in a statement that the effort was driven by “low pay, unmanageable workloads, high rent, a stifling hierarchy” and other issues that has the workforce in the first national park “struggling.” “The resulting high turnover negatively affects the park and the public’s experience of it,” union organizers said. Out of 81 votes cast, 66 were in favor of unionizing and 16 were against, according to organizer Mark Wolf, a former park worker for six seasons, according to the Billings Gazette. Some participants had trouble voting because of their isolated location and limited connectivity, he added. Supervisors were excluded from the vote.