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

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From The Louisville Courier-Journal: Kentucky's pension reform bill is unlikely to pass

Thanks to Liles Taylor for sharing this with us.

By TOM LOFTUS

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Senate President Robert Stivers acknowledged Wednesday that there’s little hope that the 2018 General Assembly will pass the pension reform bill.

14, Mar, 2018

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Union members help swell the crowd at Capitol rally

By BERRY CRAIG

AFT Local 1360

Jeff Wiggins paraphrased the motto of the old Knights of Labor.

"One attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,” said Wiggins, Kentucky State AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer.

14, Mar, 2018

From Forward Kentucky: Pro-Trump, anti-union Yuengling comes to Kentucky

EDITOR'S NOTE: We thank Forward Kentucky for letting us cross-post this story.

13, Mar, 2018

Buddy Wheatley makes six family members in the May primary

By BERRY CRAIG

AFT Local 1360

Charles "Buddy" Wheatley is one of a half-dozen members of our union family that the Kentucky State AFL-CIO has unanimously endorsed in the May 22 Democratic primary.

13, Mar, 2018

From Forward Kentucky: The War on Workers in Frankfort

EDITOR'S NOTE: Bruce Maples' Forward Kentucky is a progressive, union-friendly online newspaper based in Louisville. Click here to see the latest postings.

12, Mar, 2018

Kentucky's 'thumbpicking' congressional candidate

By BERRY CRAIG

AFT Local 1360

Alonzo Pennington grabbed his guitar, grinned and started thumbpicking his version of “Eastbound and Down,” the movie song from Smokey and the Bandit:

09, Mar, 2018