US EditionAlberta Teachers Look for Ways to Make Ends Meet as Historic Strike in Second Day
The strike involves 51,000 teachers rejecting a 12% wage offer and impacts over 740,000 students in more than 2,500 schools across Alberta.
- On Oct. 7, 2025, 51,000 members of the Alberta Teachers' Association entered the second day of a provincewide strike affecting more than 740,000 students in 2,000 schools.
- The dispute stems from a prolonged standoff over wages and working conditions after the Alberta Teachers' Association rejected the provincial government of Alberta's offer of 12 per cent wage hikes over four years and 3,000 more teachers in a nearly 90 per cent rejection vote.
- Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers' Association, said the government’s hiring pledge still misses 5,000 instructors and members won’t get strike pay though health benefits continue; many teachers seek other work like photography and tutoring.
- Multiple local companies offering babysitting, first aid and home-alone courses reported surges as parents scrambled for care, while the government offered $30 per day for each student aged 12 and under.
- Negotiators say talks resumed with 'exploratory conversations' but even a quick deal requires about a week for a teacher ratification vote, recalling the 2002 strike involving 21,000 members and lasting nearly three weeks.
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Alberta teachers begin historic province-wide strike
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After months of deadlock, 51,000 Alberta teachers launch province-wide strike - The Chestermere Anchor
On the morning of Oct. 6, Alberta’s education system ground to a halt as 51,000 members of the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) walked off the job in a historic province-wide teachers’ strike The strike affects more than 730,000 students in Alberta’s public, separate, and francophone schools, with over 142,000 students in the Calgary Board of… Read More » The post After months of deadlock, 51,000 Alberta teachers launch province-wide strike f…
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