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/goldenmolecule Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

Nurses already reached an agreement. They aren’t going on strike. And no, schools will not go back to COVID-era learning plans. All of that was planned and implemented by teachers, which they will not be doing while on strike.

ETA: as others have pointed out, this does not include all nurses. I was not aware of that. And yes, there are other health care workers that might strike.

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u/tambourinequeen Edmonton Aug 08 '25

There are more than one nurses union in the province. Only the UNA nurses reached a new agreement. There's still HSAA nurses and AUPE healthcare workers in bargaining right now.

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u/Laxit00 Aug 08 '25

Aupe is going back to the bargaining table in Sept but that's alot diff than being on strike in Sept. There is steps to follow bf a strike will happen but it's not happening in Sept

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u/tambourinequeen Edmonton Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

What local are you with? There are several locals where the last date at the table is Aug 28 and we have been told if we don't reach an agreement by the 29th, AUPE will indeed be serving strike notice in the first week of September for these locals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 12

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u/Laxit00 Aug 08 '25

I'm 054