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Originally Posted by woob
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I hope this triggers the
Common Front Solidarity Pact with the other unions. It would result in all of these unions walking out to join the strike:
- Alberta Colleges and Institutes Faculties Association (ACIFA)
- Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL)
- Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA)
- Alberta Union of Nurse Practitioners (AUNP)
- Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE)
- Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Locals 569 and 583
- Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA)
- Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE)
- Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Locals 710 and 730
- Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
- Civic Service Union (CSU) Local 52
- Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations (CAFA)
- Grant MacEwan University Faculty Association (GMUFA)
- Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
- International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (IW) Local 720
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Locals 99, 1681, 1722, and 2583
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB) Locals 146 and D359
- Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 92
- Mount Royal Faculty Association (MRFA)
- Mount Royal Staff Association (MRSA)
- Non-Academic Staff Association at the University of Alberta (NASA)
- Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
- Unifor
- Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) Local 47
- United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 401
- United Nurses of Alberta (UNA)
- United Steel Workers (USW) District 3
- University of Lethbridge Faculty Association (ULFA)
If you think the teacher's strike is impactful, imagine if they all go on strike. Hospitals, Universities, even the government itself would shut down.