Alberta’s teachers are expected to deliver an update Thursday on possible legal action after their provincewide strike was shut down by Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP government.

Jason Schilling, the head of the Alberta Teachers’ Association , has said the province had other options to resolve bargaining issues with teachers instead of passing back-to-work legislation last week .

The assocation will hold a news conference Thursday afternoon to share its plan.

It’s not clear what legal options the teachers have, given the back-to-work bill invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to override teachers’ rights and shield it from constitutional challenge.

The notwithstanding clause — or Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms — gives provincial legislatures or Parliame

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