02/12/2013
KENTUCKY
Yesterday, House Republicans introduced a series of bills directed at the Building and Construction Trades and Organized Labor. HB 308, A Right To Work bill was introduced by Jim DeCesare and 7 other Republicans. Representative DeCesare was also the primary sponsor on three additional pieces of legislation; HB 309, An Act prohibiting project labor agreements on public works projects; HB 311, An Act exempting education projects from the prevailing wage statutes; and HB 312, An Act repealing the prevailing wage statutes.
Yesterday, The Senate assigned, SB 104, An Act prohibiting project labor agreements and SB 105, An Act that repeals the prevailing wage statutes in its entirety to the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Tourism and Labor. Committee members are as follows: Senators Alice Forgy Kerr, Chris Girdler, Julian Carroll, Perry Clark, Julie Denton, Ernie Harris, Jimmy Higdon, Dennis Parrett, Jerry Rhoads and Mike Wilson.
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Please contact your State Representative today and let them know you are opposed to HB 308, HB 309, HB 311 and HB 312. Please contact your State Senator to let them know you are opposed to SB104 and. There are a number of ways to contact your legislators. The LRC legislative message line allows you to make one phone call and leave a message for multiple legislators at the same time. The toll-free number is (800) 372-7181. If you prefer to e-mail your representatives, please go to http://www.lrc.ky.gov/whoswho/email.htm. You can try to speak to your Legislator in person by calling (502) 564-8100
