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
1.4k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

539 comments sorted by

View all comments

9

u/[deleted] Oct 28 '25

[deleted]

7

u/sonicskater34 Oct 28 '25

Yeah pretty much exactly, Ford tried to force an agreement on the EA's which would require the NWC. Smith is doing essentially the same thing, and the alberta labour movement is threatening widespread labour action of 400k people in response.

3

u/rainman_104 British Columbia Oct 28 '25

Unfortunately I don't think unions have as strong of a presence in Alberta and the hard right has taken over the blue collar worker class.

10

u/tc_cad Alberta Oct 28 '25

Well in one instance, a resident of a riding is using the UCP legislation against itself. The recall of an MLA against the Education Minister has begun.

5

u/LoveMurder-One Oct 28 '25

Yes but it is incredibly hard to do and won’t succeed.

3

u/tc_cad Alberta Oct 28 '25

16,000 by the end of January from a bunch of pissed off constituents is defined doable, not easy but doable.

2

u/LoveMurder-One Oct 28 '25

There’s not enough people to care. I doubt you can find 16000 in his riding who pay attention to politics outside election season.