Judge dismisses right-to-work lawsuit; labor groups will appeal

FRANKFORT — Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by labor groups challenging the constitutionality of Kentucky’s right-to-work law, passed in the opening days of the 2017 General Assembly.

The Kentucky State AFL-CIO and Teamsters Local 89 who brought the suit said they will “promptly appeal” the ruling.

Gov. Matt Bevin who championed the law and credits its passage for the location of a major aluminum rolling mill near Ashland hailed the ruling.

“The court’s ruling confirmed what we already knew: Kentucky’s right-to-work law rests on a sound legal bedrock and is an essential economic driver for our state, bringing unprecedented job growth and a record $9.2 billion in corporate investment in 2017,” Bevin said in a statement released after Wingate’s ruling.

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