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By The Canadian Press

Education

School support workers union ratifies deal with Edmonton public school board

Mar 19, 2025 | 4:34 PM

The union for school support staff in Edmonton says its 3,000 members are to return to work Thursday after ratifying a new deal with the public school board.

Members voted 93 per cent in favour of the new deal, which the Canadian Union of Public Employees has said includes a higher wage package.

Workers from the Parkland School District also ratified their new deal with a 97 per cent approval vote and will return to work Thursday.

A tentative deal has been reached with the union chapter representing the Foothills School Division, the last of the nine striking school divisions to reach an agreement.

If that agreement is accepted by members, they will return to work Monday.

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The provincewide strike saw about 6,600 staff hit picket lines from Fort McMurray to Calgary over a months-long wage dispute with their employers.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 19, 2025.

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