Alberta at Noon 52:39 What does the looming teacher's strike mean for you?

After a months-long contract dispute between teachers and the province, 51,000 members of the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) went on strike Monday morning.

More than 730,000 students across the province are set to be affected by the strike. Of those, more than 142,000 are enrolled in the Calgary Board of Education (CBE).

Members of the ATA, who teach at public, separate and francophone schools across the province, overwhelmingly rejected an offer that would have included a wage increase of 12 per cent over four years, most teachers being bumped up to a higher salary grid, and complimentary access to the $100 COVID-19 vaccine for teachers without health issues.

The offer, rejected by 89.5 per

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