Rallies in Calgary and Edmonton for World Teacher’s Day on Sunday come as teachers across the province prepare to hit the picket lines on Monday.

The event in Edmonton at 1:30 p.m. is held at the Alberta Legislative Building, while Calgary’s begins at 3 p.m. in the city’s downtown at the McDougall Centre.

Organizers are inviting Albertans to join the effort and to wear “Red for Ed,” a colour worn on Friday or bargaining days to bring awareness to the crisis facing public education.

Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) president Jason Schilling is speaking in Edmonton and Calgary.

The ATA announced 51,000 members would be walking off the job Monday morning, after almost 90 per cent of voters rejected the province’s latest contract offer.

That offer included a 12 per cent pay hike over f

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