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Ford's legacy - building a modern 20th century gov't
Ford's legacy - building a modern 20th century gov't
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January 29, 2015
By:
Ivan C. Potter, Publisher West Kentucky Journal

...By 1970, there were almost 300 separate boards, commission, agencies that operated outside the control of the Governor's Office.

Frankfort, KY at this time, was a state capital divided into two warring camps. Governor Nunn and the Republican Party held control of the operations of state government. Democratic Lt. Governor Wendell Ford was building a massive campaign structure for the elections of 1971...

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Letters to the Editor

Right to Work Laws among oldest union busting tools
Posted on:
January 29, 2015
By:
Jeff Wiggins

...RTW laws are calculated to undermine unions by enabling employees at a unionized workplace to receive union won wages and benefits without joining the union or paying the union a service fee. The idea is to discourage workers from joining unions, thereby weakening and ultimately destroying unions.

Not coincidentally, the states with the lowest percentages of union membership are right to work states. Nor it is a coincidence that they are among the poorest states in the Union.

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Mary B. Potter, Editor
Email editor@westkyjournal.com
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