The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) and Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA) will be back at it on Tuesday.

Today marks the end of the first week of the teacher’s strike, with teachers wanting higher pay, lower class sizes and improvements to facilities.

The ATA said in a press release that it has initiated a formal bargaining meeting with TEBA and the mediator on October 14, the first workday after the long weekend.

The strike effects over 51,000 teachers and other school staff, over 700,000 students and other workers, including educational assistants, school janitors and the parents of schoolchildren.

The latest memorandum of agreement proposed by the government was rejected by nearly 90 per cent of voting members.

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