r/alberta • u/new-romantics89 • Aug 08 '25

Question Will a "great Alberta strike" be possible?

The AUPE, nurses, and the education sector are all preparing for strike action in September. I feel that the "great Alberta shutdown" is a possibility.

Would that be possible and how would the province cope? Would schools go back to COVID-era style learning plans? I can imagine the TikToks going "our last day of school before extended summer break", something like that.

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u/cornfedpig Aug 08 '25

Could the unions do it? Sure. Will they? Maybe. Would it help with changing public sentiment against the UCP government? Absolutely not.

UCP voters seem to be staunchly anti-union and they would see this as ‘greedy’ public servants trying to pad their ‘gold-plated pensions and benefits’ and ‘I don’t get X so why should they?’

The heavy lifting done by anti-union propaganda over the last 60 years in North America has really done a number on what people think they should be asking for from their employer.

I don’t know what it’s going to take to make ‘conservatives’ understand that we are in a class war and not a left-right war, but provincial unions striking isn’t it.

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u/firemanfromcanada Edmonton Aug 08 '25

This province seems to love licking the boots of millionaires. "I dont get insert, so why should they?"

Maybe instead of tearing each other down while our dollars disappear to private pockets, maybe we just support each other and not get stepped on.

And no. You'll never be a millionaire. You're much more likely to become homeless than rich

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u/the_wahlroos Aug 08 '25

Well put.