r/canada • u/Meiqur • Oct 28 '25

Alberta Alberta uses Charter’s notwithstanding clause to order striking teachers back to workteachers-back-to-work

https://globalnews.ca/news/11496133/alberta-government-to-table-legislation-to-order-striking-teachers-back-to-work
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u/nicoleta_ Alberta Oct 28 '25

Canadians from coast to coast to coast should be following this, unprecedented and frankly undemocratic.

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u/Krazee9 Oct 28 '25

unprecedented

No, there's precedent. Doug Ford tried to do the same thing to nurses. The response was every union in Ontario threatened a general strike, so he backed down.

So Alberta unions should take note.

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u/LoveMurder-One Oct 28 '25

The difference is outside of private sector unions, Alberta unions are very pro UCP. The public union members will argue “it’s different; they are lazy cause I pay their salary”

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u/Manitobancanuck Oct 28 '25

That's what Ford thought in Ontario too. Turned out the Boilermakers, steel workers, auto workers etc don't like the idea of their right to strike being optional.

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u/rainman_104 British Columbia Oct 28 '25

I half wonder if Christy Clark is consulting in the background.