TEBA has launched a formal complaint with the Alberta Labour Relations Board, asking the ATA to retract false claims.
The Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association TEBA has launched a formal complaint with the Alberta Labour Relations Board, asking the Alberta Teachers Association (ATA) to retract false claims.
This complaint is regarding a document titled Talking Points, which teachers can use when speaking to parents about the current bargaining situation. The document was sent out to teachers on Aug. 29.
“The document falsely claims that the Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA) does not have the mandate to negotiate on important issues such as class complexity, class size, support for students,” said Minister of Finance Nate Horner in a statement. “There are also other statements in the document that are misleading and confusing for parents, teachers and most importantly our kids, who are explicitly targeted by these communications.”
ATA president Jason Schilling said the government has not provided TEBA with a mandate to negotiate on issues such as class complexity, class size and support for students in violence-free classrooms.
“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,” said Schilling in a media availability.
He also said that accusing...
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