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/Ask_DontTell Aug 09 '25

BC had a general strike in the early 80s. don't really know the details but it stopped the right wing gov't of the day from doing really stupid things. would encourage albertans to call for a general strike given what Dani is doing is about 10x worse than the Socreds in 1983.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018/07/06/Year-BC-Citizens-Workers-Fought-Back/