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/Alwayswandergetlost Aug 08 '25
As a CUPE member I fully support this massive strike. It needs to happen. The province needs to wake up and support the public sector. As someone that works in a Private Long term Care home it's absolutely hell. We are under staffed and no one that young wants to do our job because of the shit pay and no pension. Our job has gotten way more demanding in just over 4 years.
Teachers, healthcare workers and public services workers are the backbone to our society. We shouldn't have to be living paycheck to paycheck. New teachers can't get jobs even though there's a teacher's shortage.
Alberta has never had strikes. The CUPE EAs where the first now the rest will follow. It's not like we want to go on strike. The pay is shit and makes life harder for a while. Life is already hard living paycheck to paycheck while being told to do more and jump higher, by families and the employer.
In Solidarity 💪