A coalition of Alberta unions is set to announce steps to fight the use of the notwithstanding clause in Alberta.

On Wednesday, Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan will speak on behalf of the Alberta labour movement in response to Bill 2, the Back to School Act, and the invocation of the notwithstanding clause by the provincial government this week.

Global News will livestream that 1:30 p.m. MT presser at the top of this story.

The notwithstanding clause — or Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms — gives provincial legislatures or Parliament the ability, through the passage of a law, to override certain portions of the Charter for up to five years.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the strike — the largest in Alberta history — was causing irreparable

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