Union retiree Benny Heady summed up the US Senate contest in a single sentence:
“We need to vote for Amy because she’s the one that’s going to support organized labor.”
Heady, a member of Paducah Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 184, meant Democrat Amy McGrath, the former Marine jet pilot who wants Republican Mitch McConnell’s job.
The Kentucky State AFL-CIO endorsed McGrath after she won the June Democratic primary.
Unions consider Majority Leader McConnell one of the most anti-union lawmakers in Washington. He favors a national right-to-work law. The AFL-CIO says he’s supported the union position on legislation just 12 percent of the time since 1985, when he was first sworn in.
“If you are a union member of any kind, you need to help elect Amy McGrath,” Heady added.
Mike Stone agreed. He’s a retired business agent for Millwrights Local 1076.
Read the rest at the KY AFL-CIO web site.