- Top labor groups break with federal union’s demand to end shutdown ABC News
- Democrats’ rift with unions erupts as shutdown pain worsens Axios
- Why the Biggest Federal Worker Union Broke With Democrats on the Shutdown Politico
- AFGE, largest federal workers’ union, calls for end to shutdown, putting pressure on Democrats NBC News
- Federal Union’s Demand to End Shutdown Fails to Sway Democrats The New York Times