School Committee v. Quincy Education Ass'n

In December, 1979, the school committee of Quincy entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the Quincy Education Association (union) covering a period which included the 1979-1980 school year. Among the provisions in the agreement were several calling for salary increases for various categories of school employees. Some of the salary provisions were expressly subject to funding by the city; others, setting forth the salaries for administrators, coaches and other extracurricular staff, were not stated to be subject to funding. Prior to December 12, 1979, funds had been appropriated…