‘Enough is enough’: Alberta Teachers’ Association defends provincewide strike

The Alberta Teachers’ Association had some harsh words for the provincial government as it defended the decision by Alberta’s 51,000 teachers to walk off the job Monday, the first day of a provincewide teachers strike.

During a press conference Monday morning in Edmonton, ATA president Jason Schilling repeated teachers’ call for more resources for overcrowded schools.

“We’re tired of a public education system that is treated like an inconvenient cost instead of a valued investment for our future,” Schilling said.

“We are tired of a lack of resources for teaching and support for the students who we teach. We did not become teachers to leave our classrooms behind and our students in this way. We became teachers because we want to make a difference.”

Teachers overwhelmingly rejected the g