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'I beg you, underestimate us'

By BERRY CRAIG

AFT Local 1360

Nema Brewer has a message for anybody who thinks the November election means teachers are political paper tigers heading into next year's governor's race.

20, Dec, 2018

Bevin's 'political stunt' backfires

By BILL FINN

State Director, Kentucky State Building and Construction Trades Council

The 2018 Kentucky General Assembly special session adjourned this evening without passing a pension bill.

18, Dec, 2018

From Bloomberg Law Labor Relations News: Union Could Still Collect Dues From Members Who Quit

Thanks to Bill Barry, retired director of labor studies for the Community College of Baltimore County, for sending us this.

By BERNIE PAZANOWSKI

-- Membership card agreed to pay union dues for year

18, Dec, 2018

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Is Bevin's Nemesis named 'Adkins' or 'Beshear?'

By BERRY CRAIG

AFT Local 1360

I don’t know if Gov. Matt Bevin took a history course on ancient Greece.

18, Dec, 2018

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From Forward Kentucky: The R stands for Railroading

By BRUCE MAPLES

Once again, the Republican majority in Frankfort is railroading a bill through the legislature. And once again, their actions are the perfect example of back-room deals and strong-arm tactics, the public be damned.

18, Dec, 2018

Londrigan earns Kentucky Alliance's Braden Award

By BERRY CRAIG

AFT Local 1360

“Civil rights are workers’ rights,” Bill Londrigan told the crowd at the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression's 21st annual Unity Dinner in Louisville.

16, Dec, 2018