Alberta teachers announce strike notice

Release date: 2025 09 10

Teachers will be on strike October 6, if a deal isn’t reached between the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) and the Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA). Reaching a negotiated settlement for teachers, students and their families remains our priority.

“What teachers want is simple: classrooms that are properly funded and wages that reflect their value to Alberta’s future. For the government to state that teachers would sacrifice their students’ learning conditions for salary is insulting. Teachers should not have to choose one or the other.”

—ATA president Jason Schilling

Teachers have continually been disrespected and vilified by this government—a government that creates distractions that downplay the real issues in our classrooms, while teachers are still being asked to do more with less. Teachers’ patience has run out.

The province must step up with a fair deal that shows a real commitment to teachers and public education. We are ready to meet at the table and have invited TEBA to join us.

“Let me be clear—October 6 is coming quickly. The choice is theirs: solve this dispute now or face a provincewide teachers’ strike.”

—ATA president Jason Schilling

The Alberta Teachers’ Association, as the professional organization of teachers, promotes and advances public education, supports teachers’ professional practice and serves as the advocate for its 51,000 members.

Please direct all media inquiries to:

Heather Grant, Media Liaison

Alberta Teachers’ Association

T: 587-686-7419

11010-142 St, Edmonton, Alberta   T5N 2R1

heather.grant@ata.ab.ca  www.teachers.ab.ca