They're aligned on wanting more funding, for sure, but there are still areas where the managers would like to be able to dictate terms that the employees don't want to abide by.

I think there's more alignment than in the private sector, because there's no profit share being divvied up between ownership and labor, but there are still points of contention.

Trump's been on a tear lately, ripping up union agreements left and right, so they may not have ever had much bite. That speaks to your point that maybe there wasn't much pressure from the management side of the table until now.