Alberta’s teachers have been ordered back to work, and their right to strike, collectively bargain, or even present a legal challenge have been stripped away by Danielle Smith’s UCP. How is organized labour in Alberta responding to this existential threat?

Previous episodes on public education:

“Balance” in Climate Change, Cursive Writing: Alberta’s Curriculum Review
When Public Isn’t Public: Education in Alberta

Previous episodes on trade unions and collective bargaining:

• Canada’s Hot Union Summer: what comes next?
• Canadian vs U.S. Unions

Watch the entirety of the AFL’s October 29 response to Bill 2.

Read Gil McGowan’s feedback on Roberta Lexier’s presentation about the need to organize towards a general strike: https://x.com/gilmcgowan/status/1681761153826033666

Further reading:

• Back to School – Notwithstanding the Charter
• Amnesty International Canada condemns Alberta government’s use of Notwithstanding clause in Bill 2
• From Consent to Coercion: The Continuing Assault on Labour
• No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age (book)
• Jane McAlevey: The Only Way to Win Is to Strike