The largest federal workers’ union this week threw its support behind a Republican government funding bill, ratcheting up pressure on Democrats.
But many of the top labor unions told ABC News that they continue to back the strategy taken up by Democrats, breaking with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents hundreds of thousands of federal workers losing out on pay and staring down the threat of layoffs.
Many labor unions, a key bloc within the Democratic Party, support the push for an extension of Obamacare subsidies and remain eager to fight a president they view as an adversary of workers, some labor analysts and union officials said.
The union supporting the measure is the union for government employees, the group of employees currently not getting paid. It is in the unions best short term interest to get its union members paid and fed.
You’re correct. It’s a good thing that no bad outcomes have ever come from prioritizing short term gains over long term stability or that might be a bad take.
Im not saying its a good move, its simply a move they are making
It’s not a legitimate union movement
It’s like the police unions.
But I think you already know that.
Im not saying its a movement. Its one union doing what it thinks is best for its members, which is getting money into their pockets by ending the shutdown