From Global News.

Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) president Gil McGowan will speak on behalf of the Alberta labour movement on Wednesday, when classes resume after Premier Danielle Smith’s government invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 teachers back to work.

McGowan said in a news release that the UCP deliberately chose the “nuclear option” in using Bill 2 and the clause to force striking teachers back on the job, when they could have pursued other avenues.

“They could have ended the strike and sent the parties to mediation. They could have ended the strike and sent the dispute to binding arbitration. Instead, they deliberately chose the nuclear option. They’ve launched a war on workers and democracy. We have no intention of letting them get away with it," McGowan said.

The coalition of Alberta unions is set to announce steps to fight the use of the notwithstanding clause, saying if governments use it to solve labour disputes, they have no bargaining power left.

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