Striking education workers in the Foothills will meet with the Foothill School Division (FSD) earlier than expected.
Around 300 FSD education support workers have been on strike under the union banner of CUPE Local 5040 since Feb. 24.
That includes picket lines in Okotoks, High River, and Diamond Valley.
They were set to meet with the Foothills School Division on March 24 and 25, but the Foothills School Division now has a "provincial mediator-organized bargaining meeting" on March 19 listed on its website.
This earlier-than-scheduled meeting comes amid news of deals being struck with other CUPE locals elsewhere in Alberta earlier this week.
Those include deals struck with workers in Edmonton, Fort McMurray, and most recently, the Calgary Catholic School District.