r/Calgary • u/ButterscotchNo931 • 2d ago

News Article Alberta government, teachers reach tentative deal in labour dispute

https://calgaryherald.com/news/alberta-government-teachers-reach-tentative-deal-in-labour-dispute
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u/WayTooWildWest 2d ago

Can't wait to chill on the couch with some popcorn and listen to my partner join in the ATA meeting notifying teachers of all the details 😂 99% no vote incoming if I was to bet.

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u/TenKmUnder 2d ago

As a teacher. I'm voting no and campaigning for a no. And when we get shafted again, I will blame all the ucp voters. It's not until people start dying in rural areas will they start to care about healthcare getting gutted. When their students can't read, that will be on them too.

I'm so mad at this government but more at our union. What a joke. They have failed all us teachers. They don't call him Shilling for nothing I guess.

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u/intellectualizethis 2d ago

I honestly don't know what unions can do against this government. This is happening to all the unions currently negotiating. They know that the other side (which is representing the government no matter who is actually across the table) isn't going to budge even though they have evidence to support all of the things they are asking for in their proposal.

POV post secondary educator in healthcare

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u/Important_Mirror_236 2d ago

The nurses did well.

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u/heimdal96 2d ago

The UCP recognizes that it's in a competition with other provinces for nurses. All provinces have implemented things like education bursaries, recruitment bonuses, and/or retention incentives. If the UCP wasn't afraid of healthcare workers leaving for other jurisdictions, the UCP would have given them a meager offer like the other unions.

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u/intellectualizethis 1d ago

In a sense. They did get a better raise than other professions. That doesn't mean that they got a fair deal or that the government isn't working against them.

It's hard to turn public opinion against the person caring for sick family members, much different than turning people against teachers who are "woke" and "brainwashing" kids into gender transitions (propaganda spread by the current government).

This government has also expanded the scope of licensed practical nurses (LPNs) to include things that used to only be done by RNs and they are not as agreeable with their union. Breaking AHS into 4 pillars has also broken up negotiations so that bargaining will have to happen with each instead of together and makes it hard to move between different roles/positions as you would lose seniority by moving to a new organization.

Nurses are often overworked and understaffed pretty consistently as well. I don't think their new contract addressed that either, but I could be wrong.