"I think people feel like they've been bullied, so they want to say, 'OK, let's do this, let's dance,'" said Jay Rehak, a union delegate and veteran high school English teacher. "We know a strike is really going to be painful. People will be hurt on both sides. But in the end, it's like saying, 'I'll be bloodied and you'll be bloodied, but at least you'll know not to bully me again.'"