National AFL-CIO President Says Kentucky's Senate Race Is a Top Labor Priority
The leader of a national labor union said Wednesday Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race is a top priority for organized labor that could define the country’s direction over the next two decades.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is visiting the state this week to rally working-class voters at a critical time for Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes’ bid to defeat Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell, who has widened a slight lead in the polls.
Trumka said thus far the Senate race has been about everything else but a referendum on McConnell, especially in regards to jobs and the economy.
“Of course Mitch McConnell wants this race to be about every but him and his record,” Trumka told WFPL in a one-on-one interview Wednesday.
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