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Fancy Farm 2019: Labor Luncheon labor and educators have common goal

Aug 15, 2019 at 02:44 pm by admin

The brothers in organized labor met their sisters in KEA, the un-union, at the Labor Luncheon in Paducah on Friday, August 2nd. It may be the first time ever that teachers, re.... Read More

Labor makes its final argument in the Purchase

Nov 02, 2018 at 03:44 pm by admin

Labor union members and educators and their supporters turned out by the thousands for a rally in Paducah Convention Center on Saturday October 27th That was the same day tha.... Read More

House Bill 252: Unemployment benefits cut by almost 1/2 if passed

Feb 13, 2018 at 02:11 pm by admin

When a job is lost through no fault of the worker, unemployment insurance provides a safety net until the worker becomes employed again. If the Republican controlled General A.... Read More

Labor Parade - unions turn out in Paducah

Sep 06, 2017 at 03:03 pm by admin

Organized labor marched in an hour-long parade through downtown Paducah on Labor Day. Floats, flatbeds, big trucks, fancy cars and the Shriners made a long line on a perfect S.... Read More

Labor marches to express displeasure with Bevin, General Assembly

Jan 23, 2017 at 06:21 am by admin

(Murray KY January 21, 2017) - Union members showed up at March for Equality and Social Justice with one thought in mind: Register their displeasure with the Kentucky General.... Read More

Seven Days in January - General Assembly slams through seven bills

Jan 10, 2017 at 02:42 pm by admin

Republicans controlling the Kentucky General Assembly had a busy week making good on campaign promises. This is the first time that Republicans have been in charge in 95 years.... Read More

Dem Women sponsor debate watch party

Oct 18, 2016 at 02:24 pm by admin

The Alben Barkley Women's Club will be having a Chili Supper Fund Raiser/Debate Watch Party Wednesday October 19th from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Kentucky Laborers Local.... Read More

Judge strikes down right to work ordinance

Feb 04, 2016 at 10:29 am by admin

Federal Judge David J. Hale issued an order dated February 3, 2016 striking down Hardin County's right to work county ordinance. The District Judge said that only states may o.... Read More

Democrats must vote, whether we nominate Sanders or Clinton

Feb 02, 2016 at 03:14 pm by admin

"It's like déjà vu all over again," Yogi Berra supposedly said when he found himself in some situation he thought he'd been in before. The calendar says it's January, 2016. I'.... Read More

The House stands alone

Nov 05, 2015 at 08:42 am by admin

Democratic candidate Jack Conway called the Kentucky governor's election a race "between the mainstream and the extreme." The extreme won. Republican Governor-elect Matt Bevin.... Read More

Union members help swell the crowd at Sanders for president gathering in Murray

Jul 30, 2015 at 03:59 pm by admin

"I've been looking for a 'Bernie-ite' for 30 years," said a grinning Charles Tubbs, who packs an IBEW card. "Now I've found one." Tubbs, who belongs to Paducah-based IBEW Lo.... Read More

Right to Work Laws among oldest union busting tools

Jan 29, 2015 at 02:33 pm by admin

January 29, 2015Editor: "Most of the arguments against right-to-work have little basis in fact," James Sherk of the Heritage Foundation claimed in a story recently published.... Read More

SB 1 - Right to Work legislation is first Ky Senate bill

Jan 07, 2015 at 02:22 pm by admin

On the first day of this short session of the General Assembly, Republican leaders filed SB 1 - a right to work bill that looks very much like local ordinances. Co-sponsors.... Read More

Low Road Economy No Path to Prosperity in Kentucky

Jan 06, 2015 at 02:46 pm by admin

The effort to pass a so-called right-to-work law in Kentucky has now moved to the local level with the first such ordinance passed in Warren County. While the proponents of th.... Read More

Right to Work Ordinance passes in Fulton County

Jan 05, 2015 at 04:41 pm by admin

(Hickman, KY - December 30, 2014) - In less time than it took to walk into the meeting, all Fulton County Fiscal Court members present voted unanimously to pass right to work.... Read More