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 is a writer and editor with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.
