Colorado Rafting Businesses Hire Right-Wing Law Firm to Keep Guide Pay Low

December 13, 2021

It may seem an unlikely pairing: A law firm that is fighting to roll back clean water protections across the United States and a coalition of raft companies in Colorado that often train their guides to give interpretive talks on environmental preservation.

But last week the two found common cause when they filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and the Department of Labor. Their goal? To block an executive order that’s set to go into effect in January, which raises the minimum wage for raft guides and other workers on federal land to $15 an hour. Adventure Journal