US EditionAlberta teachers, government resume talks as provincewide strike hits second week
The strike has affected 740,000 students and involves demands for higher pay and more teacher hires than the government's last rejected offer, union says.
- Tuesday talks resumed as the strike entered its second week, with the Alberta Teachers' Association and the provincial government's bargaining committee meeting after 51,000 teachers walked off on Oct. 6.
- Wages and class sizes have driven negotiations, with the union rejecting the United Conservative Party government's last offer of a 12% pay raise over four years and hiring 3,000 teachers.
- Practicum schedules for student teachers were disrupted as Haley Roberts, University of Alberta elementary education student, said, `There wasn't much communication other than a few emails here and there from our university facilitators` and her practicum beginning Oct. 6 was interrupted.
- The government opened a portal and began accepting applications for strike payouts, offering parents of children 12 and under $30 per missed school day retroactive to Oct. 6, with payments starting Oct. 31.
- Poll results could influence the strategy of both parties at the table as an Angus Reid Institute poll found 58 per cent of Albertans sympathize with teachers and 21 per cent side with the government.
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University students face cancelled practicums as Alberta teachers strike drags (Alberta)
Haley Roberts loves working with children. After coaching and mentoring kids as a swim instructor, the 22-year-old is pursuing a degree in elementary education at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. "It's just quite fulfilling," Roberts said Tuesday. "I've always known I wanted to ...
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