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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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Paducah rally photo by BERRY CRAIG

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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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Paducah Labor Day parade float gives new meaning to 'porta-potty'

By BERRY CRAIG

AFT Local 1360

Paducah Plumbers and Steamfitters 184 has entered floats in the city's Labor Day parades evidently since 1899, the year the local was chartered.

05, Sep, 2018

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From Forward Kentucky: The Paducah Labor Day Parade -- one of the biggest in the Commonwealth

Click here to see photos of today's Paducah Labor Day parade. Feel free to share on social media.

03, Sep, 2018

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Will labor reform be a priority in a Democratic U.S. House and Senate?

By PETER DREIER

E.P. Clapp Distringuished Professor of Politics; professor, ruban and environmental policy, Occidental College

03, Sep, 2018

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'Labor creates all wealth'

By MARSHALL WARD

03, Sep, 2018

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Another tweet-slam from Kentucky's proto-Trump

By BERRY CRAIG

AFT Local 1360

02, Sep, 2018

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'An injury to one is the concern of all'

By BERRY CRAIG

AFT Local 1360

I often think about the old Knights of Labor, but especially on Labor Day.

31, Aug, 2018

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