October 27, 2025
Nation’s Largest Federal Union Turns on Schumer — Demands End to Shutdown
Nearly a Million Federal Workers’ Union Defies Democrats, Urges Chuck Schumer to Pass GOP Clean Bill and Reopen Government Amid 2025 Shutdown In a stunning rebuke that sent shockwaves through Washington, the nation’s largest federal workers’ union, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), called out Senate Democrats on October 27, urging them to immediately pass the Republican-proposed “clean continuing resolution” to end the month-long government shutdown. The move, representing the collective frustration of nearly 750,000 federal employees and impacting close to a million households, marks one of the most public and consequential breaks between organized labor and Democratic leadership












