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Send Roberts and Redwine to the House

Governor Beshear called for two special elections for the state House to be held on February 25.

From The Lexington Herald-Leader: Crusading conservative Stan Lee withdraws from bid for reelection to KY legislature

EDITOR'S NOTE: Lee is fiercely anti-union and richly deserves his place on the USW District 8 "

House Dems After Meeting With Richard Trumka: No Vote On Trump's NAFTA If Worker Concerns Go Unadressed

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka met Monday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal to hash out labor’s concerns in ongoing discussions over President Donald Trump’s renegotiated NAFTA deal. Trumka also met Tuesday with the Congressional Progressive Caucus and assured members he and House leadership were now on the same page.

National Labor Leaders Bringing Message of Unity to the Border

More than a dozen national union leaders will be in El Paso this week, bringing a message of unity, support for immigrant working families and seeking knowledge about the labor situation on the border.

The Strike Is Over: UAW Members Ratify Deal With General Motors

Some 40 days after United Automobile Workers walked off the job, picketing General Motors plants and grinding operations to a halt, the labor union's members have ratified the tentative deal their representatives struck with the automaker earlier this month. The UAW announced the deal's approval after voting ended Friday.

Employees will return to work as instructed by GM.

The contract was approved by 57.2%.

It’s More Than Pay: Striking Teachers Demand Counselors and Nurses

In a typical week, Adrienne Vaccarezza-Isla, a school counselor in Chicago, might help a dozen eighth graders apply to high schools across the city. Or try to convince a mother that her daughter, who had seen her get shot years earlier, should join a group for students dealing with trauma. Or work with sixth and seventh graders on time management.

From Forward Kentucky: Grimes issues turnout prediction: 31%

Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes issued her official turnout prediction for the upcoming statewide election, setting it at 31% of registered voters. But she encourages Kentucky voters to prove her wrong.

Read more here.

From the Beshear-Coleman campaign: it's a lot to withstand

We've been outspent in a big way. Matt Bevin is a self-funder who can dump in millions of his personal fortune whenever he wants. Just before the last major reporting deadline earlier this month, he gave himself $900,000:

Trump Administration Tells Agencies to Restrict Unions in the Workplace

Federal agencies have been told to carry out Trump administration directives aimed at restricting the role of unions in the federal workplace and giving agencies the maximum discretion in taking disciplinary actions against employees, now that a court ban against many of those policies has been lifted.

Trumka Says Fast Action on Trade Pact with Canada and Mexico Would be ‘Colossal Mistake’

A key labor leader has warned House Democrats not to expedite approval of a new North American trade deal, saying that the agreement remains far from complete and that a vote in coming weeks would be a “colossal mistake.”