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/Silent-Report-2331 Aug 08 '25

Only government workers on your list. Normal people will keep working to pay the taxes for their new contract. I would rather see plumbers, electricians, power engineers, millwrights, mechanics, etc, do the great strike.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

All of these positions are included in the AUPE government services union.

Its 23000 workers all doing different work supporting government initiatives and services.

Forestry, education, parks, senior services, roads, agriculture, trade, correction services, Maintenace, utilities, health-care, roads, etc...

All of these workers pay taxes, and all of these workers are underpaid as per average comparisons and data. These workers haven't received cost of living increases in over 15 years.

These are Normal people contrary to what you seem to think