Just days away from the start of the 2025-26 school year, negotiations between Alberta teachers and the province for a new contract are at a standstill.

The Alberta Teacher’s Association (ATA) says its Central Table Bargaining Committee (CTBC) met with the Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Committee (TEBA) for two days this week, and there’s still no settlement.

The union claims the government didn’t budge on demands for a higher salary for educators, instead offering the same amount that was in the original mediator’s recommended terms — three per cent a year for four years and a unified salary grid.

“Teachers cannot accept a salary offer that does not attract and retain Alberta teachers by catching up and keeping up with inflation,” the ATA said.

In contrast, the government is laying the

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