Unions help build a better life for working people, but outdated laws have hampered our basic right to join together and negotiate for better pay, benefits and working conditions. A new bill, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, would modernize our nation's labor laws.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Lee is fiercely anti-union and richly deserves his place on the USW District 8 "Wall of Shame" banner.
By DANIEL DESROCHERS
Conservative stalwart and longtime state Rep. Stan Lee, R-Lexington, withdrew from the 2020 election Friday, signaling the end of his tenure in Frankfort after nearly 20 years.
UPDATE FROM THE HERALD-LEADER: KY coal miner protest ends in victory for the few who remained; company pays all wages READ MORE HERE.
By RYAN C. HERMENS
Responding to the pleas of coal miners who blocked a Pike County railroad track Monday night over unpaid wages, Gov. Andy Beshear vowed Tuesday that his state Labor Cabinet will take the miners’ employer to court if the company does not comply with his administration’s demand for records.
