Ski instructors demand better wages. The association of professionals said they get paid less than 5

The association of ski instructors plans to meet with Ski Andorra to try to negotiate better wages. The instructors say that now get paid less than 50% of what the customer pays.

Professionals teaching skiing for a living a demanding better wages because they claim that "for years" has not increased the hourly rate paid to them, while the stations do have increased prices to be paid by customers who want a class.

Victor Irirarte, the president of the Association of ski instructors, explained that are scheduled to meet with Ski Andorra to negotiate an increase in the hourly rate. Today, the monitors can reach the highest degree charge 20.26 euros per hour (without considering the bonus is that if it is a class required). Thus, he explained, "does not cover even 50% of what the customer pays." Iriarte did not specify what the exact increase in demand, but made clear that it wants a gradual increase for monitors with higher qualifications to cover 60% of the paying customer. "It is a negotiation and therefore looks at different prices," he said.

The president of the organization said that is "increasingly harder to keep the job" and specifically noted this is one of the reasons that makes it hard to find workers in the country. "It is a profession that increasingly less interested. Is seasonal and depends on the people from outside, "he said. Iriarte explained that years ago there were many instructors in the country, but that the nature of the job and the lower prices that they get paid per hour, they lost many monitors.

"Now there is a surge of national monitors" whether people who already was and now has returned due to the economic situation or "young people who try it out as a job." However he reiterated that "we have the handicap of the price per hour" and it is difficult for people interested in the profession. "The direct consequence is that we need a lot of outside monitors," he said. This is why it considers essential thata Ski Andorra hear his demands to redirect the situation. "If we want to encourage it an attractive profession, it is also important to get a pay rise," he said.