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All Groups... williambarber.jpg Poor People's Campaign Car Caravan At McConnell's Offices - TODAY - 3:00 p.m. EST. Negroes are almost entirely a working people. trump_and_mcconnell.jpg The Misadventures of Moscow Mitch: Daily Beast: There’ll Be Hell to Pay as Republican Hypocrites Race to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg This will be a final power grab by a minority party that knows its grip on power is slackening. mitch.jpg 'One of the most nauseating acts of political hypocrisy in decades' By BERRY CRAIG AFT Local 1360 dsc_0453.jpg What I'm feeling right now EDITOR'S NOTE: McGrath is the Kentucky State AFl-CIO endorsed candidate for the US Senate. By AMY McGrath AM I SAFE AT WORK? Help workers demand safer workplaces. Executive Paywatch High Paid CEOs and the Low Wage Economy Union Printers Union Printers in Kentucky area CLC monthly meeting days, times and places WESTERN KENTUCKY, 1202 S 4th St; Paducah; fourth Tuesday; 5:30 p.m., Eboard, 6 p.m., regular meeting. GREATER LOUISVILLE, UAW Local 862 hall, 3000 Fern Valley Rd.; third Tuesday, 6 p.m. OWENSBORO, Roosevelt House, 2920 Yale Place, second Wednesday, 7 p.m. NORTHERN KENTUCKY, Standard Club, 643 Laurel St. Covington, third Thursday, 7 p.m. ASHLAND, USW Local 1865 hall, 734 Carter Ave., last Thursday, 6:30 p.m. TRI-COUNTY, Operating Engineers 181 hall, 7th and Elm Sts., Henderson, first Monday, 5:30 p.m. BLUEGRASS, LiUNA Local 189 hall, 2631 Wilhite Dr., Lexington; second Tuesday, 6 p.m. Recent News Biden and McGrath say, 'Union, yes'; Trump and McConnell say, 'Union, no.' By Berry Craig on Friday, September 18 - 11:00am dsc_0234.jpg By BERRY CRAIG AFT Local 1360 What’s the word you don’t hear when President Donald Trump and Sen. Mitch McConnell talk jobs? Union. Joe Biden wants Trump’s job; Amy McGrath wants McConnell’s. Biden and McGrath know union-won wages and benefits largely built the middle class. Hence, they talk up union jobs. The two Democrats practice what they preach. Their staffers pack union cards—McGrath’s belong to Louisville IBEW Local 369. The staffs of Republicans Trump and McConnell are non-union. Read more about Biden and McGrath say, 'Union, yes'; Trump and McConnell say, 'Union, no.' McGrath campaign: McConnell-Aligned Super-PAC Puts Out False Ad By Berry Craig on Thursday, September 17 - 6:47pm dsc_0244.jpg Keep Kentucky Great’s Ad Includes False Claims About McGrath Read more about McGrath campaign: McConnell-Aligned Super-PAC Puts Out False Ad Caravans to protest at McConnell offices in Kentucky & DC on Poor People’s Campaign national Moral Monday By Berry Craig on Thursday, September 17 - 6:33pm williambarber.jpg WHAT: A sixth national Moral Monday March on McConnell to demand that the Senate majority leader stop the misery, meanness and mayhem created by his refusal to act in the greatest public health crisis of our times. This time, however, in addition to flooding his phone lines at offices in Kentucky and Washington, D.C., activists will hold caravans at them, loudly expressing their insistence that Sen. Read more about Caravans to protest at McConnell offices in Kentucky & DC on Poor People’s Campaign national Moral Monday Louisville Courier-Journal: The Bevin B&B: a crumbling foundation and 'mushroomy-looking' mold By Berry Craig on Thursday, September 17 - 6:18pm dsc_0598.jpg By JOSEPH GERTH So, after all this time, we finally find out what Matt Bevin plans to do with his bargain basement mansion that he lived in throughout his one term as governor but left sitting empty earlier this year. Read more about Louisville Courier-Journal: The Bevin B&B: a crumbling foundation and 'mushroomy-looking' mold See all AFL-CIO Blog Service + Solidarity Spotlight: UFCW Prompts Largest Citation Over Coronavirus-Related Health and Safety Violations in California — Sep 18 New COVID-19 Protections In Las Vegas: Worker Wins — Sep 18 Service + Solidarity Spotlight: New Jersey State AFL-CIO Celebrates Legislative Victory on Workers’ Compensation — Sep 17 Service + Solidarity Spotlight: IATSE Members Rally in Texas for Extended Unemployment Insurance — Sep 16 Labor and Faith Forge Partnership for Social, Racial and Economic Justice — Sep 15 View more Take Action Are You Counted? A complete and accurate count in the 2020 census is vital to working families in every corner of our country but the enumeration period ends soon and there are still communities with low response rates. 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