Some Alberta teachers are trying to figure out how to make ends meet without their regular paycheque as a provincewide strike entered its second day Tuesday.

Adrien Dominguez, a math and science teacher in High Prairie, said he’s considering taking up work in photography, marketing and university tutoring.

While he has a reserve fund, he said some friends who are teachers aren’t so lucky and are looking at waitressing, bartending or retail jobs.

A provincewide strike that started Monday with Dominguez and about 51,000 of his colleagues means many are trying to figure out how they’ll make ends meet without a regular paycheque.

“I know co-workers who lost dual incomes because they’re both teachers,” Dominguez said.

Some teacher friends are looking at going back to waitressing, bartendin

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