Alberta's Premier says, "I hear the warning that wotkers are threatenig broader job action due to my plans, but I'm going to ram through unconstitutional legislation regardless, and I expect that the public (including the 30,000+ showing up at the legislature grounds to protest me) understand that I don't want this to escalate into the broader job action which I have forced on them."
She then goes on to gaslight the teachers by saying, "this is all their fault for not coming to the table where I have told them I will not negotiate with them but that they must accept what I give them without discussing the point they are striking for, because anything but blind acceptance to my terms is not negotiating."
The union has stated that they are ready to end the strike as soon as terms can be negotiated. There's the truth, then there's Danielle Smith.
We require class size controls in Alberta just like every other province in Alberta, PERIOD!
I will also note that job action is not taken lightly by any union. The tables are stacked against workers amd the repercussions of taking action can be very high. A strike is a last ditch resort. It is ONLY taken as desperate measure, and is ONLY taken when it is backed by PRECEDENT set by the industry elsewhere. A union's members would not take the drastic measure of striking, to demand more than their peers elsewhere already have.
That is what the teachers in Alberta are fighting for, to bring education funding of the public system to align with THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, as our critical underfunding has brought it to the lowest in the country.
Remember that whenever the government calls teachers "unreasonable". She means thay it is "unreasonable" for us to maibtain the nayional standard. She means it is "unreasonable" for us to put policiies in place o protect our children's educational future AT A CANADIAN STANDARD.
The only greedy party here is the one who as funneled our public education fund dollars, collected by all residents (at 25% of municipal taxes in Edmonton, higher in other areas), inton privatized education wth admissions criteria, which many UCP members stand to gain from, as stakeholders in that industry.
#abpoli #cdnpoli #education #strike #Solidarity #union #unionstrong #Red4Ed
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