AN ACT relating to employment.

Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike; amend KRS 336.180 to redefine "labor organization" and delete definitions of "candidate," "committee," "contributing organization," "contribution," "election," "electioneering communications," "employer," "fundraiser," "independent expenditure," "political activities," "public employee," "slate of candidates," and "testimonial affair"; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS 67A.6904 to allow urban-county governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the…

Introduced: February 18, 2025

Last action: February 20, 2025

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This bill would have changed Kentucky law to remove existing restrictions on public employees' rights to organize and strike, and to allow government employers to enter agreements with unions that make union membership a condition of keeping a job. It also would have removed several definitions and repealed certain statutes related to public employee political activity and labor organizing. The bill did not pass. Who it may affect: public employees, government workers in urban-county and consolidated local governments, and labor unions representing public sector workers.

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