Talk of a strike is premature at best. The no strike clause in the HSTA contract means that the soonest HSTA could strike would be July 1, 2017, which would be the pinnacle of foolishness. Who cares if teachers strike during SUMMER? Meanwhile, the state would nail you all with breaks in service and punish you when you were up for retirement.
If teachers want to strike effectively, you strike at the moment when it hurts kids the most, namely April 1, 2018, when proms and graduation are upcoming, when parents are actually thinking about the end of the school year, and when it would be most impactful to kids going off to college.
But teachers are much too caring for their kids' futures to do something that mean.
And the state is counting on that guilt to keep you all in line.
Best bet? Bring back furlough Fridays. If the state can't "afford" to pay you what you deserve, then they should prove it by giving you some (well deserved) time off instead.