October 14, 2025
REDFM News Desk
The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) and the provincial government’s bargaining committee are meeting today for the first time since the provincewide teachers’ strike began on October 6.
Now in its sixth day, the walkout has kept approximately 740,000 students from attending classes across 2,500 schools in Alberta.
Finance Minister Nate Horner said last week that the province had received a new proposal from the ATA, which represents about 51,000 teachers. He described the proposal as “complex” and said talks would not resume until after the long weekend to allow the government’s bargaining team time for review.
While neither side has released details of the latest proposal, the union has emphasized its demand for the province to hire more teachers than initially promised in order to reduce class sizes.
Teachers last month rejected the government’s previous offer—a deal that included a 12 per cent wage increase over four years and the hiring of 3,000 additional teachers.
Both sides are expected to continue negotiations this week in an effort to bring an end to the strike and get students back in classrooms.
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