Unions Break Up with Dems, Date GOP for Government Reopen Drama
In a plot twist crazier than a reality TV reunion, union leaders - including Teamsters boss Sean O'Brien and AFGE's Everett Kelley, who suddenly moonlights as neutral love gurus - are urging Democrats to swallow a Republican stopgap funding bill to reopen the government after a shutdown starting October 1. Despite Trump's 'mostly anti-union' resume, he scored union honeymoon-level endorsements by picking Lori Chavez-Merrem, a Teamsters-backed labor secretary, and charming unions with tariffs as bizarre political wooing. Meanwhile, Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, Allied Pilots, and Air Traffic Controllers teamed up like Avengers to beg for paychecks, sanity, and less airport chaos. Democrats shrug as senators hope talks finally thaw, proving politics is just a messy breakup with no scheduled counseling.
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Union bosses dump Democrats faster than leftovers at a pickup party, all while praising a Republican bill to reopen government. Guess loyalty means nothing when paychecks vanish and shutdown stress hits peak viral meltdown.
The Democratic-Union relationship now looks like a bad Tinder date: lots of ghosting, mixed signals, and everyone just wants the government open so the TSA can stop crying into their screening machines.
Who needs romantic comedy when you have union leaders singing kumbaya with Republicans, illustrating if you want unions to clap for you, apparently you just need a job-threatening shutdown and a Trump-approved secretary.
Source: Axios | Published: 10/30/2025 | Author: Andrew Solender
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