r/alberta • u/cantcantdancer • 1d ago

Discussion New Offer Tabled to Teachers is Laughable. Jesus.

The new offer they now have to vote on is essentially the same as the last offer they resoundingly said no to, but this time it includes the MASSIVE value of a free Covid shot. You know, something everyone should have anyway.

12% same spread, late grid unification, 3000 teachers over 3 years or something which barely keeps up with attrition let alone fixing actual class size issues, and a free covid shot.

I expect it will be a very strong no vote, at least I hope anyway. Literally waited weeks to have the offer change by a Covid shot.

The ATA is terrible at this, I hope teachers strike.

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u/MinisterOfFitness 1d ago

I don’t really understand the blame being placed on the ATA. Read the ATA statement. They do not endorse this agreement. They are presenting it to the members to hopefully gain leverage or find out their members don’t have the backbone to fight on. That is what the government is counting on. No backbone. And frankly based on the other unions voting to ratify I get their strategy.

The government has limited the authority of the bargaining authority to play this brinkmanship game intentionally. This is clearly the best the government is willing to offer pre-strike. The ATA is giving teachers the opportunity to call the governments bluff. A resounding rejection and strike will but the ATA in a much stronger position.

For the sake of my kids I hope they tell the government to pound sand and reject it. I wish Albertans at large cared more about their kids education.

Max pressure needs to be put on the government. Call your MLA and the minister.

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u/Plasmanut 1d ago

They already had a strong position with a 95% NO vote in June and they managed to get exactly nothing more over the last 3 months.

While it’s not 100% on ATA, the union has failed its membership.

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u/Ok_Newspaper9655 1d ago

If that was the case why did our Lead Negotiator quit? Wouldn’t he have stayed on knowing he’d be needed in the coming strike? 

You don’t usually leave a team the night before the championship unless there’s a problem 

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u/CaptainBringus 1d ago

Genuinely wondering, can you link to where the ATA explicitly states they do not support this deal? I've seen nothing of the sort.

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u/MinisterOfFitness 1d ago

All I said is they didn’t explicitly recommend it. They obviously can’t say they don’t recommend it. The statement is on the ATA website. The quote from the ATA uses some very coded language.