Kentucky State AFL-CIO

From The Huffington Post: Trump Has A Weird Scapegoat When Manufacturing Jobs Vanish: Union Dues

Trump said United Auto Workers union dues are too high now that a major GM plant is closing on his watch.

CLC monthly meeting days, times and places 

WESTERN KENTUCKY, 1202 S 4th St; Paducah; fourth Tuesday; 5:30 p.m., Eboard, 6 p.m., regular meeting.

 

GREATER LOUISVILLE, UAW Local 862 hall, 3000 Fern Valley Rd.; third Tuesday, 6 p.m.

 

OWENSBORO, Roosevelt House, 2920 Yale Place, second Wednesday, 7 p.m.

 

NORTHERN KENTUCKY, Standard Club, 643 Laurel St. Covington, third Thursday, 7 p.m.

 

ASHLAND, USW Local 1865 hall, 734 Carter Ave., last Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

 

TRI-COUNTY, Operating Engineers 181 hall, 7th and Elm Sts., Henderson, first Monday, 5:30 p.m. 

 

BLUEGRASS, LiUNA Local 189 hall, 2631 Wilhite Dr., Lexington; second Tuesday, 6 p.m.

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From Forward Kentucky: Bevin makes anti-vaxxing news; KDP responds

Governor Matt Bevin made international news yesterday when he shared in a radio interview that he had bypassed having his children vaccinated for chicken pox, and instead had intentionally gotten them infected with the disease by visiting a neighbor who was sick and contagious.

COPE Committee backs Stumbo

By BERRY CRAIG

AFT Local 1360

The Kentucky State AFL-CIO's COPE Committee has endorsed Democrat Greg Stumbo for attorney general but the panel opted to remain neutral in the four-way race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

The primary is May 21.

The committee voted "no recommendation" for House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins, Attorney Gen. Andy Beshear, former auditor Adam Edelen and Geoff Young, all of who whom want to be the Democratic candidate for governor. 

From The KDP: Bevin Bashes GOP Controlled General Assembly...Again.

From the Kentucky Democratic Party

Frankfort, KY— With one final day in the 2019 legislative session, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin is once again taking aim at his own party for not kowtowing to his legislative wishes.

Speaking on WKCT in Bowling Green on Tuesday morning, Bevin bashed the Republican-controlled General Assembly.

From Forward Kentucky: HB 525 is worse than you know: Pension machinations, bankruptcies, and privatization

By IVONNE ROVIRA

On Feb. 28, 10 school districts had a “sick-out” — a strike, in essence — in order to head to Frankfort to protest HB 525, a bill that would transfer control of the Teachers Retirement System out of the hands of teachers. But even the protesting teachers do not realize the severe ramifications of this pension bill.

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