The Franklin Circuit Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by labor unions challenging the Commonwealth’s historic new right-to-work law.
House Bill 1, passed by the 2017 General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Matt Bevin, made Kentucky the 27th state to extend right-to-work guarantees to all its workers.
Gov. Bevin
The Court’s decision rejected the labor unions’ arguments and concluded that the General Assembly acted both reasonably and rationally in determining that House Bill 1 would bring increased jobs and investment to Kentucky.
“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,” said Gov. Bevin. “This weak attempt to stop Kentucky’s economic growth through legal challenges has been appropriately smacked down.”
The Kentucky State AFL-CIO and Teamsters had brought suit against the Bevin Administration, hoping that the Commonwealth’s new right-to-work law would be found unconstitutional.
To view Franklin Circuit Court’s full ruling, click here.
