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Local Right-to-Work Ordinances:

Legal and Policy Questions

Featuring

Jim Waters

President, The Bluegrass Institute

 

Jason Nemes

Fultz Maddox Hovious & Dickens PLC

Representing Hardin County in UAW V. Hardin County

Hosted by

James Sherk

Research Fellow in Labor Economics,

Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity, The Heritage Foundation

Legislative gridlock has blocked right-to-work laws in half of American states, including Kentucky. Twelve Kentucky counties recently bypassed that opposition. Using the powers the Kentucky Legislature delegated them under a “Home Rule” law they passed local right-to-work ordinances. These ordinances protect over a half-million Kentucky residents.

Since passage these local ordinances have attracted attention and investment from dozens of businesses. They also attracted a lawsuit. The United Auto Workers and eight other unions filed suit against Hardin County’s right-to-work ordinance in federal district court. The court set a May 8 deadline for brief submission. A ruling is expected sometime this summer.

Join us for a discussion of the legal and policy merits of the County’s arguments for local-right-to-work. Jason Nemes, Counsel for Hardin County, will explain the County’s legal rationale and give his assessment of the UAW’s arguments. Jim Waters, President of the Bluegrass Institute, will discuss the economic benefits the counties have experienced.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.

The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Auditorium

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