1 week ago Friday's letters: Teachers shouldn't decide government policy

Congratulations to Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP for having the courage to end the senseless strike. Teachers’ demands are unreasonable and they have no right to dictate how the education system should be managed. There are no business organizations or enterprises where the employees tell the management how the business is to be managed. […]

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1 week ago 'An abuse of power': Faculty, students rally at MRU to defend teachers' rights, protest use of notwithstanding clause

'When any government uses extraordinary legal tools to silence workers and override their rights, we must all stand together in solidarity'

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2 w. ago Braid: 'Notwithstanding' takes rights from teachers, then hikes gifts for officials

Halfway through its term, UCP government beginning to lose some of its lustre

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2 w. ago Braid: 'Notwithstanding' takes rights from teachers, then used on gifts for officials

Halfway through its term, UCP government beginning to lose some of its lustre

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2 w. ago Opinion: If the UCP can strip teachers of their rights, nobody is safe

Don’t kid yourself. If they haven’t come for you, it’s only because it isn’t your turn. Yet. That was the message Premier Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party sent to Albertans on Monday when they passed Bill 2, the Back to School Act, that ended the three-week-old teachers’ strike. The law ordered teachers to […]

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2 w. ago Alberta Teamsters Blast Danielle Smith After Attack on Teachers’ Rights

CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alberta Teamsters are standing firmly with education workers in defence of their right to free and fair collective bargaining. Union leaders today condemned Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to invoke the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work. “Danielle Smith has once again proven herself a pathetic […]

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2 w. ago CAUT condemns Alberta government’s attack on democratic rights

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) condemns the Alberta government for overriding constitutionally protected rights and imposing a rejected contract offer on members of the Alberta Teachers’ Association. “The Alberta government’s actions are reprehensible, heavy-handed and undemocratic,” said CAUT executive director David Robinson. “The UCP government […]

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2 w. ago Opinion: Invoking notwithstanding clause a slippery slope for Alberta

In recent weeks, the province of Alberta insinuated they would use the notwithstanding clause to override the teachers’ constitutionally protected right to strike through back-to-work legislation. On Monday, they made good on this promise through Bill 2 which prospectively invokes the notwithstanding clause (Section 33) in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This means the right to strike […]

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3 w. ago Braid: Tension rising as UCP introduces school bill, labour unions fume

For union leaders, this dispute is no longer just about the terms of the teacher deal. They believe the notwithstanding clause crushes union rights, setting a disastrous precedent for all negotiations

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