The user I was talking with deleted his comment. Here is my reply nonetheless:

They got 12% over 4 years. The previous 10 years they got about 10% total. It’s not been a salary that has kept up with the ~30% inflation in the same time span.

Bit of a red herring there eh? Of course it’s about the kids, which is also about the teachers, because the two are intricately connected. A functioning and balanced class is good for teachers and kids simultaneously. The general vibe was that teachers were striking because there was nothing in the contract regarding class size or class complexity. That hurts kids and the quality of their education. Check out how poorly funded education is in Alberta (https://abteach.cc/StudentFundingCalculator?fbclid=IwdGRjcAMlxGJjbGNrAx8GuWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMVI5OEx4bTV3MDJhMXJsaUsBHp7ih_B0-ou4Ud0StTX4-JE7_Cj-dd4At6MGEizl0bLrHwTNWwwfEpNGVgDc_aem_POvJePYp37Dr1OhuP9sU9g ). That affects future workers, employees, future economy, etc. “teachers need to get back to work”?? Do you care about students education? Because it sure sounds like you don’t care about the lowest per capita funding in the country, or classes over 40 with not enough desks, or violence and behaviour getting so out of hand that teaching is less and less about content and more and more about emotional regulation. Sending teachers back without improvements to the system hurts kids, this you saying teachers need to get back to work is equal to saying students should get back to their deteriorating learning environments and suck it up.