The labor movement played a decisive role in the election of a pro-worker majority in the U.S. Senate. After delivering the 2020 election for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, we regrouped and remobilized to keep the momentum going in Georgia.
The weather is turning and so is the calendar. Which can mean only one thing – Election Day is just around the corner. But as a union member you know that the hard work to elect pro-working family candidates up and down the ballot has already begun.
We have only a few more weeks until we are stuck for the next few years with the election winner. Every little bit helps and that is why we are asking you to participate in the Kentucky AFL-CIO labor walk program.
Matt Bevin on why he dropped Hampton: “...the things she wants to focus on are not the things that I've mentioned as we look forward…. She loves going into schools and talking to kids.”
GOP Gov. Matt Bevin and outgoing Attorney Gen. Andy Beshear, his Democratic challenger, debated for an hour in Paducah today.
But the fundamental difference between the candidates boiled down to a 30-second exchange:
Beshear: "I know a teacher that right now is driving an Uber after work to make ends meet and because she's worried that this governor is going to cut her retirement. That is wrong."
Click here to see a UA video featuring Kyle Henderson explaining why he's backing the Andy Beshear-Jacqueline Coleman ticket. Henderson is business manager of Paducah Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 184, president of the West Kentucky Building and Construction Trade Council, AFL-CIO, and president of the Western Kentucky AFL-CIO Area Council.
