{"id":240295,"date":"2025-10-26T00:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T00:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/240295\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T00:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T00:44:11","slug":"alberta-premier-responds-to-threat-of-broader-labour-action-in-call-in-radio-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/240295\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta premier responds to threat of broader labour action in call-in radio show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted October 25, 2025 3:37 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Alberta\u2019s\u00a0premier\u00a0says she hopes the legislation her government tables on Monday\u00a0to\u00a0force striking teachers back\u00a0to\u00a0work isn\u2019t followed by broader\u00a0labour\u00a0action.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761403809_563_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Danielle Smith\u2019s comments on her call-in radio show come at the heels of a\u00a0threat\u00a0of unprecedented mobilization by the\u00a0Alberta\u00a0Federation of\u00a0Labour\u00a0if the government doesn\u2019t rule out the use of the notwithstanding clause in its dealings with teachers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761403811_316_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>The federation, which represents more than 350,000 workers, says the clause will make a mockery of the constitutional right\u00a0to\u00a0strike and escalate the contract dispute between the government and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the\u00a0threat\u00a0on her call-in radio show, Smith didn\u2019t rule out the use of the clause and said teachers will have\u00a0to\u00a0be ordered back\u00a0to\u00a0work if they don\u2019t voluntarily agree\u00a0to\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11493050\/white-house-ballroom-trump-donors-list\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761439451_612_white-house-demolition.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" 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