The NYC Steamfitters Federation is urging lawmakers to pass a temporary funding bill to end the government shutdown

The head of a major New York City labor union called on lawmakers in Congress on Monday to pass a Republican-backed measure to end the 27-day ban. Government shutdown.

“On behalf of thousands of hardworking New York men and women and our retirees, Steamfitters Local 638 of New York City and Long Island urges our political leaders to pass a clean continuing resolution so that the American people do not bear the burden of Washington’s inaction,” said Robert J. Bartels, Jr., Business Director of Steamfitters Local 638 New York. In a statement.

He added: “We need both parties to get back to work to ensure that the government works for the working class.”

Domestic steam appliances 638 It has approximately 10,000 active and retired members throughout New York City and Long Island.

Union Endorsed by President Trump In the 2024 elections.

“For too long, a government shutdown has become a normal part of the negotiating process in Washington, D.C.,” Bartels said.

“While politicians of both parties stare each other down and play the blame game, the American worker and the taxpayer suffer,” he said.

The House-passed temporary funding resolution that funds the government at current levels through Nov. 21 — the so-called clean continuing resolution — was voted down 12 times by all but three Senate Democrats. Since the lockdown It started on October 1st.

Instead, Democratic leaders demanded that Republicans make concessions on health care policy in exchange for reopening the government, but Trump and GOP leaders refused to negotiate.

“The Democrats’ shutdown has created economic uncertainty for our critical industries and unnecessary suffering for American families,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told The Washington Post.

“The call to action is clear,” Rogers said of the Steamfitters statement. “Democrats must reopen government by passing clean continuing resolution.”

Earlier on Monday, The largest union of federal workers He similarly called on senators to move forward with a clean continuing resolution — 1.4 million later Government employees were absent Their first full paychecks last week.

“Both political parties have made their point clear, and there is still no clear end in sight,” Everett Kelly, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), said in a statement.

“It is time to pass a clean, continuing resolution and end this shutdown today,” Kelly added. “No half measures, no skill in games.”

A spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) did not respond to the newspaper’s request for comment.