Strike Looms in Alberta as Teachers Vote Down Contract Offer

Strike Looms in Alberta as Teachers Vote Down Contract Offer
An empty classroom at Eric Hamber Secondary School in Vancouver on March 23, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
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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.
Jennifer Cowan
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Jennifer Cowan is a writer and editor with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.