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Alberta Teachers Reject Deal by 89.5%, Setting Oct. 6 Strike Deadline

The province will hold a noon briefing to outline supports for a potential strike.

With contact talks between teachers and the province at an apparent stalemate, it appears Alberta's 51,000 teachers are poised to walk off the job.
Students walk out of school to join a protest in support of pay for teachers and funding for schools at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton on Monday, September 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
The entrance area at the then-recently-opened Prairie Sky School in Skyview Ranch was photographed on Friday, April 12, 2024.
The Alberta legislature building on May 8, 2025.

Overview

  • The Alberta Teachers’ Association reported that 89.5% of voting members rejected the tentative memorandum of agreement.
  • The rejected package included a 12% wage increase over four years and the hiring of 3,000 teachers over three years, along with other measures.
  • Teachers plan to begin a provincewide strike on Oct. 6 unless a new agreement is reached beforehand.
  • ATA president Jason Schilling said the offer failed to address funding pressures, class sizes and classroom complexity.
  • Premier Danielle Smith, Finance Minister Nate Horner and Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides scheduled a noon media availability to discuss supports in the event of a strike.