US EditionBack-to-work legislation to end Alberta teachers’ strike coming Monday, says premier
Bill 2 aims to end a strike involving 51,000 teachers and return roughly 750,000 students to class after more than two weeks of walkout.
- On Thursday the Alberta government served formal notice that it would introduce Bill 2, the Back to School Act, via an order paper on the Alberta Legislature website, with Finance Minister Nate Horner set to table it Monday.
- Since Oct. 6, about 51,000 public, separate and francophone school teachers have been on strike during the legislature summer break, leaving roughly 750,000 students out of classrooms.
- Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers' Association, said the union expected legislation was possible but that it still made him angry.
- The Alberta government will introduce the bill on Monday, though when it will pass and schools will reopen remains unclear, and Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said it's too soon to say when children will return.
- Smith and other officials previously suggested back-to-work legislation could come the week of Oct. 27, while Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi condemned the move and thousands rallied Oct. 16 outside Rogers Place.
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Alberta to fast-track Back to School Act on Monday
Author: Isaac LamoureuxThe Alberta government issued an Order Paper on Thursday, highlighting that it will table legislation on Monday to force striking teachers back to work as hundreds of thousands of students have been out of class for three weeks.According to the Order Paper, Bill 2, the Back to School Act, will be introduced and advanced through all legislative stages in a single day under Standing Order 77(2), with debate at each stage lim…
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'So disheartening': Alberta teachers dismayed by proposed back-to-work order
Smith says back-to-work bill for striking teachers coming Monday
Alberta Premier says if no deal to end a provincewide teachers strike is reached beforehand, her government will introduce back-to-work legislation. Smith says the strike is harming students and families, forcing her government to step in.
Alberta Set to Introduce Back-to-Work Legislation for Striking Teachers
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will introduce back-to-work legislation on Oct. 27 if the province’s striking teachers don’t agree to a deal to end the strike by then. Smith confirmed her government’s intent to table Bill 2, known as the Back to School Act, during an Oct. 23 press conference before the start of the province’s new legislative session, saying the measure is being introduced as “a last resort.” The province also …
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