The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) is accusing the province’s negotiating body of “bad-faith bargaining” regarding its commitment to hiring more teachers.

In a news release issued Friday, the ATA alleged the province did not reveal its true stance on the plan to bring in 3,000 additional teachers that it committed to in the legislation that ended October’s provincial teachers’ strike.

The ATA said it is filing an Alberta Labour Relations Board complaint about what it believes were unfair bargaining practices used by the Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA).

The organization said it has also filed 61 similar grievances — one in every bargaining unit across the province.

The intent of the complaint and grievances are to “ensure the government and employer uphold their co

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