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Representing over 130,000 members, the Kentucky AFL-CIO fights for fair wages, safe working conditions, and stronger communities by empowering workers through solidarity and collective action. The Kentucky State AFL-CIO website (ky.aflcio.org) is your source for the kind of union news you usually don't find in newspapers, and unlike newspaper online sites--it's free.

06/11/2026

After years in the workforce, Jeff has some thoughts. ✊

Workers deserve more than delay tactics after they win a union election.The Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408) has p...
06/11/2026

Workers deserve more than delay tactics after they win a union election.

The Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408) has passed the House and now heads to the Senate. It helps ensure workers can move from a union victory to a first contract without employers dragging negotiations out for months or years.

In Kentucky, House members voted against the bill:

Jamie Comer (CD-1)
Brett Guthrie (CD-2)
Thomas Massie (CD-4)
Hal Rogers (CD-5)
Andy Barr (CD-6)

Rep. Morgan McGarvey stood with working people and voted YES.

Take action while you have a moment and contact your Senators here: https://shorturl.at/Db78o

When workers win a union, they deserve a contract that follows.

Kentucky has been representing at the 2026 National AFL-CIO Convention! ✊
06/10/2026

Kentucky has been representing at the 2026 National AFL-CIO Convention! ✊

Workers fought for their union. They shouldn't have to fight endless delays to get a first contract.The bipartisan Faste...
06/10/2026

Workers fought for their union. They shouldn't have to fight endless delays to get a first contract.

The bipartisan Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408) would help prevent employers from dragging out negotiations and stalling workers' progress.

The House has acted. Now it's the Senate's turn.

Tell your Senator to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act and help workers secure a fair first contract.

Take action here: https://act.aflcio.org/letters/workers-deserve-a-fair-first-contract-tell-your-senator-to-pass-the-bipartisan-faster-labor-contracts-act?source=direct_link

From construction crews and caregivers to healthcare workers, hospitality staff, farm workers, and public employees—work...
06/09/2026

From construction crews and caregivers to healthcare workers, hospitality staff, farm workers, and public employees—working people keep our communities moving all summer long.

Thank you for the care, effort, and hard work you show every day. We see you, and we appreciate you!

☀️ Summer is here! And so are long weekends, family cookouts, ballgames, road trips, time at the lake, and moments with ...
06/08/2026

☀️ Summer is here! And so are long weekends, family cookouts, ballgames, road trips, time at the lake, and moments with the people we love.

As we enjoy the season, let's honor the generations of working people who organized for better wages, reasonable hours, weekends, and time away from work—helping make more of these moments possible.

Here's to a safe, joyful summer for Kentucky's working families. And here's to continuing the work of building a future where everyone has the time, security, and opportunity to enjoy life's simple pleasures with the people they care about most.

The story of America cannot be told without the story of working people.From safer workplaces and the eight-hour day to ...
06/05/2026

The story of America cannot be told without the story of working people.

From safer workplaces and the eight-hour day to retirement security and workplace protections, generations of workers have organized, advocated, and fought to make life better for all of us.

Labor history is American history.

🚨 ATTENTION: We unfortunately have to cancel and postpone the Union Women Movie Day scheduled for this Saturday. Please ...
06/04/2026

🚨 ATTENTION: We unfortunately have to cancel and postpone the Union Women Movie Day scheduled for this Saturday.

Please do not come to the event—there will not be an event taking place.

We will share a new date once it is confirmed. If you invited anyone, please help us pass this along.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

On This Day in Labor History, June 3, 1900, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) was founded. The IG...
06/03/2026

On This Day in Labor History, June 3, 1900, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) was founded. The IGLU helped shape the modern labor movement through the courage and determination of working women.

At a time when garment workers faced dangerous conditions, low wages, and little protection on the job, immigrant women organized some of the largest strikes in American history. Their activism helped build one of the nation's most influential unions and fueled reforms that followed tragedies like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

But the ILGWU's story is about more than workplace gains. It's a story of workers building collective power, fighting for safer jobs, demanding a voice in decisions that affected their lives, and expanding the labor movement to include new generations of workers from diverse racial, ethnic, and immigrant communities.

Through organizing, education, healthcare programs, housing initiatives, and cultural projects, the ILGWU demonstrated that unions can improve workers' lives both on and off the job.

Their legacy is a reminder that the rights working people enjoy today were won through solidarity, collective action, and the belief that every worker deserves dignity, respect, and a seat at the table.

Every right working people enjoy today was won because workers came together and demanded better.When we fight together,...
06/02/2026

Every right working people enjoy today was won because workers came together and demanded better.

When we fight together, we win. ✊

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