Unions help build a better life for working people, but outdated laws have hampered our basic right to join together and negotiate for better pay, benefits and working conditions.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.
By BILL LONDRIGAN Kentucky State AFL-CIO President
Kentucky Family Values is working in numerous state House races and among other items they have produced are ads targeting a number of candidates for the state House.
Ask any of Matt Bevin's many detractors. The governor's motormouth is the gift that keeps on giving.
A ton of teachers can't wait to retire a slew of Republicans from the General Assembly on Nov. 6. Hence, the GOP gov would be wise to pour oil on troubled political waters.
The rooster is the Democratic Party symbol in the Bluegrass State.
But our friend Judy Tuggle of Mayfield shared with us this tale of a Republican rooster named Butch. Judy is a member of the Graves County Democratic Executive Committee and a strong union supporter.
A friend in Michigan sent her this. Like all good stories, it has a moral at the end.
I was cooking on this column about Mitch McConnell's latest descent into demagoguery when I got stuck.
The Senate majority leader serially slimes Democrats. So I was having a hard time finding new words to describe his dissembling that the Democrats are the party of mob rule.
EDITOR'S NOTE: "None of our movement’s achievements would have happened without the effort, organization and advocacy of our brothers and sisters," says the introduction to the AFL-CIO's online "Our Labor History Timeline." "But injustice still runs amok. We must look to the past not only for inspiration, but for the tools we need to continue the fight. The roots of the problems we face today can be found in our past.
