Saturday - November 23, 2024
*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Kentucky Newsletter for Friday November 22, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Be Prepared: There's Only a Short Window of Time for Departments, Chapters to Order Vehicles for Disabled American Veterans Transportation Network
ERLANGER, Kentucky, Nov. 21 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: By Bridgette Sorrell This past year, dedicated DAV volunteers across the country gave nearly 246,000 rides for veterans to their Department of Veterans Affairs medical appointments. Many of those rides were given in vehicles that our departments and chapters--often with the help of the DAV National Service Foundation's Columbia Trust--purchased and donated to the VA, making the DAV Transportation Network a cr  more

Carrollton Railroad Workers Unionize with Teamsters
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: (CARROLLTON, Kentucky) Carrollton Railroad workers have voted unanimously to unionize with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) of the Teamsters Rail Conference. Operating out of western Kentucky, this group of nine workers is made up of engineers, conductors, trainmen, and maintenance and yardmaster employees. They joined the BLET to gain a stronger voi  more