Thursday, December 13, 2012

Braid: Dealing with 62 school boards a scary prospect

If the breakdown in provincial talks with teachers makes you think of the great strike of 2002, try to stop.

That was awful. It must not happen again.

Teachers in more than 20 boards walked out in rolling strikes that escalated across the province. Right from the start, up to a quarter million kids were without classes.

There was chaos for three weeks until the province declared a public emergency and ordered teachers back to work.

Now, the Alberta Teachers’ Association says it’s abandoning talks with the province, sending union locals into direct bargaining with 62 school boards.

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