US EditionAlberta votes for lockout option ahead of potential school strike mandate
The Alberta Teachers Association holds a 95% strike mandate amid government-imposed book bans and new policies on gender identity without added funding, escalating tensions before school starts.
- Late Friday, the Teachers' Employer Bargaining Association voted to back an employer lockout, granting the province the right to suspend work pending Labour Relations Board approval.
- Bargaining between the Alberta Teachers' Association and the province halted on Thursday, with the government declaring its final offer includes a 12% pay increase and 3,000 new hires amid a $6.5 billion deficit.
- The Edmonton Public School Board verified more than 200 books for removal by October, including works by Margaret Atwood and Maya Angelou, while new rules require parental opt-in for sex education and pronoun consent for under-16 students.
- A teachers' strike or a lockout is looming days before school starts, with ATA's nearly 51,000 members ready to walk off and an Oct. 7 deadline for a 72-hour strike notice.
- The province enacted policies without added funding or a definitive book list, and earlier this week TEBA offered a three-year hiring plan estimated at $750 million while ministers said they will keep bargaining open but won't rule out back-to-work legislation.
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Alberta teachers not going on strike yet, as government votes in favour of a lockout
Alberta Teachers Association president Jason Schilling speaks at an Aug. 29 news conference in Edmonton. (Screenshot/Zoom)Alberta Teacher’s Association (ATA) president Jason Schilling held a Friday news conference to say that despite the government’s refusal to budge in contract negotiations, teachers aren’t yet ready to exercise their overwhelming strike mandate. Meanwhile, CTV News reports that the Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TE…
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