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Unions sue to stop Kentucky's 'right-to-work' law
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Thu May 25, 2017 | 4:35pm EDT
Unions sue to stop Kentucky's 'right-to-work' law
By Steve Bittenbender | LOUISVILLE
Two labor groups filed a lawsuit in a Kentucky court on Thursday challenging the so-called right-to-work law the state legislature passed earlier this year.
The law, which allows workers the right to work in union-represented shops and receive union-negotiated benefits without paying dues to the representing body, violates the equal protection clause of the state constitution, said Bill Londrigan, president of the Kentucky AFL-CIO.
The union, as well as Louisville-based Teamsters Local 89, filed the lawsuit - which seeks class-action status - against the state and Governor Matt Bevin in Franklin Circuit Court in Frankfort. It is asking the court to bar enforcement of the law and declare it unconstitutional and invalid.
“We have a great opportunity to prevail and stop this unconstitutional overreach,” Londrigan said by telephone.
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Unions sue to stop Kentucky's 'right-to-work' law
By Steve Bittenbender | LOUISVILLE
Two labor groups filed a lawsuit in a Kentucky court on Thursday challenging the so-called right-to-work law the state legislature passed earlier this year.
The law, which allows workers the right to work in union-represented shops and receive union-negotiated benefits without paying dues to the representing body, violates the equal protection clause of the state constitution, said Bill Londrigan, president of the Kentucky AFL-CIO.
The union, as well as Louisville-based Teamsters Local 89, filed the lawsuit - which seeks class-action status - against the state and Governor Matt Bevin in Franklin Circuit Court in Frankfort. It is asking the court to bar enforcement of the law and declare it unconstitutional and invalid.
“We have a great opportunity to prevail and stop this unconstitutional overreach,” Londrigan said by telephone.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kentucky-unions-lawsuit-idUSKBN18L2Q3
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