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Alberta Teachers Set Oct. 6 Strike After 89.5% Reject Deal

The province rolled out parent payments alongside a home-learning toolkit in response to the strike deadline.

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
A grim-faced Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, flanked by her grim-faced ministers of finance and education, Nate Horner and Demetrios Nicolaides, explains her government’s scheme to pay parents to teach their kids at home during a teachers’ strike.
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith speaks to a nearly full house during the last Alberta Next panel town hall at the Equi-Plex in Spruce Meadows in Calgary on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.

Overview

  • The Alberta Teachers' Association reported 43,362 ballots cast, with 38,113 voting no and 4,479 yes on the tentative agreement.
  • No bargaining sessions are scheduled this week, though the union says it remains open to talks to avert job action.
  • The rejected offer featured a 12% general wage increase over four years and a pledge to hire 3,000 teachers, which the government called generous and the union said failed to address class sizes and supports.
  • The government announced $30 per day for each child aged 12 and under affected by any work stoppage, with first payments slated for Oct. 31, plus a K–12 curriculum-aligned toolkit available in English and French and updated weekly.
  • About 51,000 teachers and more than 700,000 K–12 students could be affected if the provincewide walkout proceeds, which outlets report would be the largest in Alberta history.