Labor Union Blog

Distributing issues fliers to workers heading through plant gates at dawn, Kentucky union volunteers have election momentum on their side.

Rachele Huennekens, AFL-CIO Media Outreach fellow, has blogged and leafleted her way through a 10-day bus tour through Kentucky, where former Lt. Gov. Steve Beshear (D) is challenging Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R), who has canceled bargaining rights for state employees and taken other anti-worker stands. Together with Kentucky State AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan, Rachele sends us a final blog on the Bluegrass Express tour, in which dozens of local labor leaders and union volunteers have participated.

As the Bluegrass Express tour comes to a close in its second week, we put the remaining time to good use, squeezing in a few more stops and welcoming many new union members who volunteer to take part from a variety of unions at worksites across the state.