AFL-CIO official opens labor push for Beshear (for Gov of Kentucky)

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By Joseph Gerth
jgerth@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

Hundreds of Jefferson County union members came out today to hear AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Richard Trumka launch the unions’ get-out-the-vote efforts they hope will push Democrat Steve Beshear to victory in the race for governor.

“This is the beginning of the end for one of the sorriest chapters in the history of Kentucky,” Trumka said. “Because it’s the beginning of the end for Ernie Fletcher.”

Beating Fletcher is a priority of the unions because of positions he has taken over the years that are viewed by organized labor as anti-union.

Fletcher overturned an executive order that allowed state employees to enter into collective bargaining with the state and says he wants to do away with a state law that requires paying the prevailing wage to workers on state projects.


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