US EditionLooming Alberta Teachers’ Strike Puts Spotlight on Overcrowded Schools
Alberta Teachers' Association plans a strike on Oct. 6 over stalled talks involving salary raises and overcrowded classrooms affecting 51,000 educators in 2,500 schools.
- Teachers in Alberta set a strike date of October 6, 2025, if no deal is reached with the provincial government over wages and overcrowding.
- The possibility of a strike arises after contract negotiations between Alberta’s provincial government, led by Premier Danielle Smith, and the union representing 51,000 teachers failed to reach an agreement.
- The government offered a 12 per cent wage increase over four years and plans to hire 3,000 teachers to reduce overcrowding, while schools report 90% capacity this year.
- Union president Jason Schilling rejected the government's 'false choice' between higher pay and more teachers, noting teachers have seen only a 5.75 per cent raise in the past decade.
- If a strike takes place, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees who provide educational support have announced they will refuse to cross picket lines, potentially escalating disruptions amid pressing demands to address overcrowding in schools.
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Looming Alberta teachers’ strike puts spotlight on overcrowded schools
As the clock ticks toward a potential provincewide strike by Alberta’s teachers, parents say classroom overcrowding is having a disastrous domino effect on learning with tutors being hired to fill in the gaps.
Looming teachers' strike puts spotlight on Alberta's crowded classrooms
As the clock ticks toward a potential provincewide strike by Alberta's teachers, parents say classroom overcrowding is having a disastrous domino effect on learning with tutors being hired to fill in the gaps.
Teachers threaten provincewide strike next month amid funding and wage dispute
Alberta teachers will launch a provincewide strike on Oct. 6 unless the government agrees to a new contract. Their union says chronic underfunding, low wages and overcrowded classrooms have pushed
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Looming Alberta teachers' strike puts spotlight on overcrowded schools
As the clock ticks toward a potential provincewide strike by Alberta’s teachers, parents say classroom overcrowding is having a disastrous domino effect on learning with tutors being hired to fill in the gaps. Kira Schulz says she hired a tutor for her 10-year-old daughter, Skyelar Schmidt, to prevent her from falling behind while trying to tune into teachers over the din of her peers jammed in classrooms.
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