Alejandra Pulido-Guzman

Lethbridge Herald

The Alberta Teachers’ Association is condemning the government’s plan to table legislation on Monday to force teachers back to work and end the province-wide strike.

ATA president Jason Schilling said Friday that Bill 2, the Back to School Act, is undemocratic and deeply disrespectful to teachers, students and the collective bargaining process itself.

“By legislating teachers back to work, the government has chosen to silence tens of thousands of voices,” said Schilling. “Instead of addressing what is the real crisis in education, they are choosing to silence it.”

With classroom sizes one of the key issues for teachers, Schilling was asked what the ATA would consider an immediate solution, since infrastructure takes time to develop and the

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