The Alberta Teachers’ Association says the province is delaying and sabotaging the bargaining process after the government announced it has filed a complaint with the Labour Relations Board against the union representing the province’s 51,000 teachers.
Finance Minister Nate Horner said Monday the complaint is connected with a document that was distributed by the union after it set a strike date of Oct. 6 last week.
The government says the document consisted of false claims, including that Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA) does not have the mandate to negotiate class complexity, class size, and supports for students.
“The information in the ATA document is inaccurate,” Horner said in a statement.
“TEBA has been left with no choice but to launch a legal challenge. The Alberta Labour Relations Board received our complaint today, asking the ATA and its president Jason Schilling to immediately retract their false claims and to stop using Alberta’s students and families for leverage in a bargaining dispute.”
Schilling called the province’s complaint frivolous.
“The fact is that government negotiators have consistently stated in bargaining that they lack the mandate, the money and political authority to address both teachers’ concerns about classroom learning conditions and expectations for adequate compensation,” he said.
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