Posted on 01/04/2017 7:59:48 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
FRANKFORT Angry union workers packed the hallways of Kentucky’s Capitol Annex on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers pushed ahead with bills that would ban mandatory union dues and repeal a law that requires regional prevailing wages for workers on public construction projects.
The chants of union workers were little deterrent to Gov. Matt Bevin and his GOP colleagues in the Kentucky House and Senate, who have made approving the bills their top priority of the 2017 General Assembly.
Shouts and banging could be heard from the hallway, but the meeting room itself was packed with supporters as the House Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment passed House Bill 1, which would allow workers to avoid paying union dues even if they work under a union-negotiated contract, and House Bill 3, which would repeal the prevailing wage law.
Members of Americans for Prosperity in Kentucky, a conservative political advocacy group, had gathered for a breakfast of Chick-fil-A in the committee room, ensuring every seat was filled by the time workers opposed to the bill arrived.
The bills are expected to get a vote on the House floor Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at kentucky.com ...
He seems to be doing better as Governor than he could have as Senator (not that I would’ve changed my endorsement to dump the Turtle).
Bevin is much better suited to be an executive and he is a great governor...that’s where we needed him.
Little doubt it will pass - the Republicans now have a supermajority in both the House and Senate. Previously, they had been in the minority in the House since 1921.
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