History of Educator Strikes by MTA Locals
Quincy
April 12 - 22, 1985
Salary dispute leads to one-day Quincy strike in 1985
Students and parents showed strong support for teachers in Quincy’s 1985 strike.
“This zero offer was the last straw,” said Mary Curtin, president of the Quincy Education Association, in an MTA Today article on the one-day strike on Friday, April 19.
The offer of zero increase for the first half of the 1984-1985 year followed the teachers receiving zero cost-of-living increases in two of the previous six years, according to Curtin.
MTA Today reported that community support for the strike was considerable, with scores of parents joining teachers on the picket lines.
The strike was over quickly. A tentative agreement reached on Sunday provided significant raises in all three years of the contract, as well as a wage hike for hourly workers and alternative career leave of up to two years.