Democrats' already fraying alliance with organized labor is coming under new strain as a growing list of union leaders calls on the party to accept a Republican bill that would reopen the government.

Why it matters: Once it would have been virtually unthinkable for so many unions to break so decisively with their long-time Democratic compatriots in such a highly charged national fight. Not anymore. • Now five unions have called on Senate Democrats to change their position and vote to reopen the government. • Trump has made major inroads for Republicans with rank-and-file union members, even getting the Teamsters to stay neutral in last year's presidential election. • Despite Trump's generally anti-union record, he picked a labor secretary supported by the Teamsters president Sean O'

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