Members of AUPE who rallied in front of the provincial building in Medicine Hat over the noon hour on Aug. 28, 2025 accepted a new contract on Wednesday. (Photo: CHAT News Today)

By Canadian Press

Alberta government workers approve mediated deal, strike averted

Sep 4, 2025 | 9:36 AM

A new contract has been reached between some 23,000 civil servants and the Alberta government, averting a strike that could have happened as soon as next week.

The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says the mediator-recommended deal passed with 63 per cent of voting members in favour.

The affected employees include administrative workers, some Alberta Sheriffs, social workers and provincial wildfire fighters.

The offer stemmed from a last-ditch mediated bargaining effort last month between the union and the province, and includes a 12 per cent wage increase over four years.

Union members voted 90 per cent in favour of strike action back in May, and that strike vote was set to expire next week.

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The union says it was a difficult bargaining process and that it respects the members’ decision to accept the deal.

Last week, representatives from AUPE rallied in front of the Provincial Building in Medicine Hat.

READ: VIDEO: AUPE members set to review result of enhanced mediation with province (Aug. 28, 2025)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 3, 2025.

– With files from Jesse Gill