Massachusetts Teachers Are Continuing a Wildcat Strike Wave
Since 2019, public school teachers across Massachusetts have been going on strike, which is illegal under state law. In November 2023, Andover teachers defied the ban and won big pay raises with a three-day strike.
Participants in an Andover Education Association rally and press conference outside the State House on Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts, November 13, 2023. (Jonathan Wiggs / the Boston Globe via Getty Images)
A wildly successful, illegal three-day strike by the Andover Education Association (AEA) in November has reverberated statewide for educators in Massachusetts.
The lowest-paid instructional assistants got a 60 percent wage jump immediately. Classroom aides on the higher end of the scale got a 37 percent increase.
Members won paid family medical leave, an extra personal day, fewer staff meetings, and the extension of lunch and recess times for elementary students.
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