Nov 4, 2025
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:
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