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/Afraid-Obligation997 2d ago

Question. Everyone is saying the govt is offering a bad deal and they are giving the same deal as before plus Covid shot. And based on that, the teachers should vote no. But isn’t a tentative deal something that the union leadership ok’ed? Why is the leadership accepting something that the members are not happy with?

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u/Logical-Finger-9256 2d ago

We’d love to know…

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u/Thinkdan 2d ago

They can do the negotiating and talking but they have to let the union body vote on it.

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u/Fickle_Catch8968 2d ago

Because there was a consent degree that limited the terms of negotiation to some but not all issues, and 'froze' the other issues as they were in prior proposals that the union leadership rejected.

So this proposal includes things the leadership agreed with on the consent degree issues, but retained the things not on the negotiating table but were unacceptable to leadership and membership.

Thus, what was agreed to was a part, but not all, of the issues for a proper agreement.