With days to go until Alberta’s teachers are set to strike, their union head says they will go back to the bargaining table when the province does.

Jason Schilling with the Alberta Teachers’ Association says further negotiation talks haven’t been scheduled ahead of Monday’s deadline.

The union and Alberta’s government have been at a stalemate over several concerns, mainly wages and working conditions.

Finance Minister Nate Horner has said the government’s offer of a 12 per cent wage increase over four years, as well as a promise to hire 3,000 more teachers and to cover the cost of a COVID-19 vaccine, is a good one.

Schilling has said the hiring figure is a drop in the bucket compared to what’s needed, noting that the province needs to hire at least 5,000 more instructors to align with

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