Post by TonyV on Jan 20, 2015 9:56:06 GMT -5
Hardin County Residents File Lawsuit To Stop Illegal Ordinance
Frankfort, KY – Hardin County Residents filed a lawsuit in Federal Court to stop the illegal ordinance passed by the Hardin County Government(copy attached).
“This past election cycle, working Kentuckians rejected corporation’s bad faith attempt to take over the State Legislature and poison their policies. Now these same out-of-state corporate interests want to take over our County Governments by pushing a radical outside agenda. These illegal ordinances will affect all workers, union and non-union. This illegal ordinance will decrease wages, lower median household income, increase poverty, and undermine workplace safety.
Kentucky’s highest court have ruled that these so-called “right to work” laws can only be made at the state level. This local ordinance is illegal, and will hurt our hard working families. Also, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway presented an opinion stating that counties lack the authority to pass this type of ordinance.
Hardworking Kentuckians need a raise, more good jobs, and more investment in education -- not unfair, illegal and unnecessary legislation. We need to stop wasting tax payer’s money with these attacks on Kentucky workers by out-of-state special interests pushing a radical out-of-state agenda. Our mission is to improve the lives of all working Kentuckians and raise the standard of living for all Kentuckians. We salute workers in Hardin County for taking a stand against out-of-state corporate interests."
Bill Londrigan, President, Kentucky AFL-CIO
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DeLane Adams
AFL-CIO Field Communications
Southern Region
Cell: 404-402-9764
Twitter: @delane392
