Post by Logan on Feb 4, 2016 3:04:18 GMT -6
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Local governments in Kentucky can increase the minimum wage, but a federal judge ruled Wednesday that they can't ban labor unions from requiring employees to join them.
In competing court cases that pitted Democrats against Republicans in a pair of polarizing workplace issues, the courts have now declared them distinct.
When Louisville became the first city in Kentucky to increase its minimum wage in 2014, the next day Warren County passed a law banning mandatory labor union membership as a condition of employment — the so-called "right to work" legislation. Eventually, 11 other counties, including Hardin County, would join them.
State lawmakers have fought each other to a stalemate on both issues in recent years, inspiring like-minded local government officials to tackle the topics on their own. Lawsuits ensued in both cases.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/latest-news/article58296013.html
In competing court cases that pitted Democrats against Republicans in a pair of polarizing workplace issues, the courts have now declared them distinct.
When Louisville became the first city in Kentucky to increase its minimum wage in 2014, the next day Warren County passed a law banning mandatory labor union membership as a condition of employment — the so-called "right to work" legislation. Eventually, 11 other counties, including Hardin County, would join them.
State lawmakers have fought each other to a stalemate on both issues in recent years, inspiring like-minded local government officials to tackle the topics on their own. Lawsuits ensued in both cases.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/latest-news/article58296013.html