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Gary Clemons, union member and veteran, has been elected State Senator for Kentucky's 37th District.

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Press Release: Gary Clemons Wins Special Election for Senate District 37

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Forward Kentucky: Reports from the 'Families First' rallies in Paducah and Jackson

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Today's AFL-CIO Daily Brief: AFL-CIO Tour Bus Races Through Derby City with BOSK Workers Ahead of Their Landmark Election

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ICYMI: From Patheos: Happy “I’m Sorry We Shot Those Strikers” Day!

Thanks to Judy Tuggle for sending us this.

By LIBBY ANNE

03, Sep, 2019

From Forward Kentucky: Paducah Labor Day parade photo gallery

Paducah's Labor Day parade always attracts a good crowd. The procession, which included several union floats, began on Broadway at Second Street and ended at Broadway and 17th Street. Ronnie Peck was grand marshal.

02, Sep, 2019

'I hope Kentuckians will wake up and look past simple slogans.'

EDITOR'S NOTE: My good friend and fellow Mayfieldian Judy Tuggle is not in a union. But organized labor has no better friend in Kentucky than this octogenarian activist.

02, Sep, 2019

Remember our brothers and sisters suffering because of Dorian

By MARSHALL WARD

Today, many of us celebrated Labor Day with a picnic. It is unofficially the last weekend of summer.

02, Sep, 2019

From The Huffington Post: AFL-CIO Chief Lashes Trump Administration For Hurting American Workers

“Our members are still waiting for the supposed greatness of this economy to reach their kitchen tables,” Richard Trumka told Chris Wallace on Fox News.

By MARY PAPENFUSS

02, Sep, 2019

'Working families are the backbone of the commonwealth'

From the Beshear-Coleman campaign

02, Sep, 2019