Liles Taylor’s speech at the Lexington May Day rally
“Today, we rise up – not in fear, but in fierce hope. Not in silence, but in solidarity.”
Labor
May Day as ‘Workers Day’ is back
It’s time to celebrate everyone who actually works for a living
Remembering those who died because of their jobs
Thirteen workers die from work-related injuries EVERY DAY in the U.S.
Cuts to safety agency will harm Kentucky workers
KYGA said to rely on federal standards. Now the agency that maintains those standards is being decimated.
Kentucky unions stand up to halt deportation of two hundred workers
“These people deserve better.”
Public-sector unions under attack by Trump
Private-sector unions are standing with them – but Trump’s executive order may prevail anyway.
Joel Wolford elected new president of Kentucky Education Association
Jessica Hiler chosen as Association’s next Vice President
Dear GOP: Want to be known as the Party of Workers? Then pass the PRO Act.
Or continue to do the bidding of your elite donors.
Timely as ever, this report chronicles the conservative assault on organized labor
Part one of three: The four principles of conservative ideology
Kentucky lawmakers push to weaken worker safety protections
Even as our workplace injury and death rates are higher than other states’
Worker safety and health is under attack
And if the attacks succeed, we could be looking at another tragedy.
HB 398 puts KY workers’ lives at risk and is bad for businesses
We have one of the best workplace safety records in the country. Why throw it away?
Trump is moving rapidly to destroy workers’ rights
And hundreds of thousands will be affected
Bill rolling back labor rules a ‘direct assault’ on Kentucky workers, unions say
The bill would cut back enforcement of state worker protections to federal minimums. It’s part of a history of bills designed to put fewer restrictions on employers.
