Teachers challenge Alberta law using notwithstanding clause to end strike

Teachers are challenging Alberta's use of the notwithstanding clause to end strike

Alberta teachers say they're taking Premier Danielle Smith’s government to court for overriding their Charter rights to end their strike, while some members of her caucus say public outrage toward them is escalating.

Alberta Teachers Union Files Court Action Over Back-to-Work Legislation

Alberta’s teachers union has filed a legal challenge to the provincial government’s back-to-work legislation that brought a three-week teachers strike to an end. The teachers strike started on Oct. 6 after talks broke down between the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) and the Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA), which bargains on behalf of school boards. Teachers said they were looking for a salary increase, and wanted the provinc…

Alberta teachers to challenge Danielle Smith’s government in court over notwithstanding clause

Teachers say Premier Danielle Smith’s government overrode their Charter rights by ending the strike

Alberta teachers union launches two court challenges against province's back-to-work legislation

Alberta teachers are back in class, but their union's lawyers were in court Thursday, issuing two separate legal challenges to the province's back-to-work order.

Teachers' union taking Alberta government to court over notwithstanding clause

The Alberta Teachers’ Association has filed a constitutional challenge of a provincial government law that forced educators across the province back to work and imposed a new contract.

ATA files for injunction, asking court to pause Bill 2

The union representing Alberta teachers has launched a legal challenge of the provincial government’s back-to-work legislation. The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) filed an interlocutory injunction Thursday, asking a judge to immediately pause Bill 2 until a full constitutional challenge is heard. The case is scheduled to be heard Nov. 20 in Edmonton Court of King’s […]