Strike Looms in Alberta as Teachers Vote Down Contract Offer

A student joins a protest in support of higher pay for teachers at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton on Sept. 22, 2025. The Canadian Press/Amber Bracken

Alberta teachers have rejected a deal with the provincial government, paving the way for a province-wide strike beginning on Oct. 6.

Nearly 90 percent of the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) members to cast a ballot voted against the tentative agreement offered by the province resulting in a “resounding and historical ‘no,’” ATA president Jason Schilling told reporters during a Sept. 29 press conference.