Century Aluminum Locks Out Kentucky Steel Workers
By BERRY CRAIG Back ‘to Gilded Age union-busting’ Gilded Age steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick is long gone. But his old union-busting tactic in is play at the Century Aluminum plant in Hawesville. Frick...
View ArticleBeware of Matt Bevin and the ‘Three Gs’ con job
By BERRY CRAIG When newspapers report political poll results, a lot of readers focus on the percentages. This old reporter likes to read the comments from some of the people who were polled. They can...
View ArticleWith Matt Bevin or Jamie Comer, it’s lose-lose for unions
By BERRY CRAIG Right now — will all precincts reporting in the Republican primary election–Louisville business owner Matt Bevin leads Agriculture Commissioner Jamie Comer of Tompkinsville by 83 votes...
View ArticleGeneral Motors To Expand Unionized Plant In KY
By BERRY CRAIG To hear some local politicians and business leaders tell it, a slew of companies has expressed interest in coming to Bowling Green and its environs since the county fiscal court approved...
View ArticleSaluting union volunteers in Paducah
By BERRY CRAIG Unions seldom make the news except during strikes, which the media commonly calls “labor disputes.” The implication, even if unintentional, is that strikes are the union’s fault. At the...
View ArticleProtect My Check pretzel twisters
By BERRY CRAIG The way they twist themselves, the folks at Protect My Check ought to start a pretzel factory. PMC is the Florida-based anti-union group that is helping push county “right to work...
View ArticleKentucky governor’s race in a nutshell for union members: Jack Conway is for...
By BERRY CRAIG “Why vote? There’s no difference between Republicans and Democrats.” We’ve all heard that just about every time there’s an election. Okay, sometimes it is hard to tell Republicans from...
View ArticlePaducah’s 10th annual Alben Barkley Dinner Paducah, KY
By BERRY CRAIG Attorney Gen. Jack Conway and all but one union-endorsed Democratic candidate for office this year are expected to break bread at Paducah’s 10th annual Alben Barkley Dinner Thursday July...
View ArticleWestern Kentucky Bernie Sanders Grassroots Digital Meetup Party
By BERRY CRAIG “I’ve been looking for a ‘Bernie-ite’ for 30 years,” said a grinning Charles Tubbs, who packs an IBEW card. “Now I’ve found one.” Tubbs, who belongs to Paducah-based IBEW Local 816, was...
View ArticleBe proud to pack a union card
By BERRY CRAIG I cast my first presidential ballot in 1968. Hubert Humphrey got my vote. He didn’t win, but the late Democratic Minnesota senator and vice president is one of my all-time favorite...
View ArticlePaducah, Ky. Labor Day and Bernie Sanders
The biggest political contingent in Paducah’s Labor Day parade was for Bernie Sanders. By BERRY CRAIG Eight-year-old Megan Tapp of Paducah cut to the chase when asked why she’s for Sen. Bernie...
View ArticleBeware of Matt Bevin and the ‘Three Gs’ con job
By BERRY CRAIG When newspapers report political poll results, a lot of readers focus on the percentages. This old reporter likes to read the comments from some of the people who were polled. They can...
View ArticleWith Matt Bevin or Jamie Comer, it’s lose-lose for unions
By BERRY CRAIG Right now — will all precincts reporting in the Republican primary election–Louisville business owner Matt Bevin leads Agriculture Commissioner Jamie Comer of Tompkinsville by 83 votes...
View ArticleGeneral Motors To Expand Unionized Plant In KY
By BERRY CRAIG To hear some local politicians and business leaders tell it, a slew of companies has expressed interest in coming to Bowling Green and its environs since the county fiscal court approved...
View ArticleSaluting union volunteers in Paducah
By BERRY CRAIG Unions seldom make the news except during strikes, which the media commonly calls “labor disputes.” The implication, even if unintentional, is that strikes are the union’s fault. At the...
View ArticleProtect My Check pretzel twisters
By BERRY CRAIG The way they twist themselves, the folks at Protect My Check ought to start a pretzel factory. PMC is the Florida-based anti-union group that is helping push county “right to work...
View ArticleKentucky governor’s race in a nutshell for union members: Jack Conway is for...
By BERRY CRAIG “Why vote? There’s no difference between Republicans and Democrats.” We’ve all heard that just about every time there’s an election. Okay, sometimes it is hard to tell Republicans from...
View ArticleBernie Sanders ‘Bernie 2016’
By BERRY CRAIG “Wouldn’t it be great if we had a labor party?” I’ve heard more than a few of my union brothers and sisters muse on that topic of late. They are peeved over President Obama’s support for...
View ArticleCentury Aluminum Locks Out Kentucky Steel Workers
By BERRY CRAIG Back ‘to Gilded Age union-busting’ Gilded Age steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick is long gone. But his old union-busting tactic in is play at the Century Aluminum plant in Hawesville. Frick...
View Article‘Looking for love in all the wrong places’
By BERRY CRAIG AFT Local 1360 Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, bragged about his “tremendous support within unions.” “The workers love me,” he claimed. The Donald likely would be...
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