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Weekend of October 25-27, 2025

  • Bargaining status: Local 38 has not been advised of any scheduled negotiations between TEBA and CTBC, although these can still occur over the weekend. Teachers will continue to be on strike on Monday October 27. Updates on any progress in bargaining, or on the Government's planned Bill 2 (Back to School Act / return-to-work legislation) will be sent via a Members' update email. If you have not signed up or are not receiving Members' Update emails, visit the provincial ATA site!

  • RALLY RECAP: The provincial ATA estimates attendance at yesterday's rally exceeded 30,000 people, easily making it one of the largest public demonstrations ever held at Alberta's provincial legislature.

  • Share a message of solidarity: The past three weeks have been incredibly difficult for teachers, leaving many feeling isolated and disconnected. Please take a moment to record/share a video expressing your solidarity and support for your teacher colleagues - a compilation (or several compilations) of these messages will be sent out to help bring people back together.

  • We want your photos! We're putting out a call for submissions from teachers - if you have any photos from your time during job action that you'd like to share with others, please upload them! Maybe you got together with colleagues, attended a rally, spent time with family, or did an awesome activity that helped pass the time? Please share! (You can also just email your photo to Strike2025@submit.memento.com as a file attachment – your email subject line will be the photo caption!)


Friday, October 24, 2025

  • Bargaining status: The Alberta Government indicated on Thursday that they planned to introduce Bill 2, the Back to School Act on Monday, October 27th. It is widely assumed that this will remove teachers' charter right to strike and direct a return to work soon after it is passed.





Ongoing Reminders...

  • How to donate to the TEACHER FOOD PANTRY:

    Interac e-transfer
    Send e-transfer donations to:

    📧 accounting@ataloc55.ab.ca 
    		 Credit Card Donations

    Individuals can donate by credit card through the Zeffy campaign site.

    100% of all donations will go towards purchasing groceries and essential items to stock a food pantry that can be accessed by any teacher in the Calgary area, including members from Calgary Board of Education, Calgary Catholic Schools, Rocky View Schools, Palliser Schools, Christ the Redeemer, and FrancoSud.

    Teachers wishing to access the food pantry can now complete THIS FORM to express a need. Volunteers will contact you soon to organize a pickup date/time.

  • Committee Membership Opportunities: the Local continues to operate its committees during job action. Three positions (one on PD Committee, one on Resolutions Committee, and one on DEHR Committee) have become available and are open for member nominations. See this page for more details - the deadline for nominations is October 30th.

  • New Teachers' Orientation: If you registered for the 2025 October 29 New Teachers' Orientation and used your CBE Email address to register, please contact Myra at the Local 38 office to provide your personal email address. If you still want to register, the Orientation is open for any teacher who is new to the CBE and has not attended a previous orientation. Register here using a PERSONAL email address before 2025 October 22 @ 1600 hrs.   

  • Events Reminders

    • Events are listed on our Official ATA-Sponsored Events page and the How Can I Help? page for events sponsored by third-parties.

    • If you engage in any third-party (non-ATA-sponsored) events, please attend to the following rules:

      1. Do not block access to anything
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      2. Be respectful at all times (no offensive signs or language)
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      3. Do not impede traffic
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      4. Stay off of private property unless you have explicit consent to be there
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