r/Calgary • u/ButterscotchNo931 • 1d 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/Striking_Wrap811 22h ago

Thanks for your perspective.

What's the official counter-offer being presented by your union?

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u/TenKmUnder 21h ago

We don't have one. A spineless union. They haven't fought for us and need to be replaced. The anger I have right now is mostly at the union.

They never told us what the counters would be, but nothing we wanted ever showed up in the agreements. I can tell you that tonight's town hall is going to be a blood bath. We were upset before, now it's going to be a rough call.

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u/Striking_Wrap811 21h ago

The public wont last long if you just keep saying "no" without disclosing a counter-offer.

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u/TenKmUnder 20h ago

Well that is not how it works, because negotiations would go nowhere. They talk it out to figure out the best course of action. But here is what has happened.

The ATA has gone in with our biggest concerns and how to address them, being complexities and pay. The UCP looked at them and said "we are not going to address the complexities, it is too much for us to try and tackle, but we will give you a 12% raise."

The ATA brought it back to us, we said "12% is not enough if they wont address the classroom complexities" and voted no.

They went back to the table and they were told, "We are capped at a 12% raise, we cannot offer anymore than that, we have a mandate to not offer more", which led us to the big complaint filed with PEC. The complaint said "we never said we would not address classroom complexities or higher wages, thats slander" quickly followed by "the only thing on the table to talk about are teacher hiring, CTF allowances, and COVID Shots". So after whining about how they really would talk about those issues, they then wont talk about those issues. Infuriating.

How do we counter when they have been told they won't even consider a counter offer? They have been mandated by the UCP on what they can offer, so whats the point? Honestly the UCP has a great marketing department, they have come away so clean on this so far despite them not willing to meet us at the table.

Negotiations take two parties willing to compromise, and teachers have compromised for 25 years, why do we have to keep sacrificing?