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● Great news out of Kentucky:
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that made changes to one of the country’s worst-funded public pension systems, a victory for teachers who shut down schools across the state to protest the law earlier this year.
● Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is a friend to workers on issues big and small.
● "I blame myself for it,” says an 80-year-old man working as a Walmart greeter … because he was one year short of a full pension at McDonnell Douglas when the plant where he worked closed and he was laid off. He’s one of 10 million people over age 65 still working.
● How to elect Democrats who actually answer to workers.
● Here's the secret to getting young workers involved in your union.
● New York City Amazon workers plan to form a union. That should be an interesting effort.
● The Supreme Court’s Janus decision hasn't weakened unions as much as it was intended to do. Of course, the anti-worker right doesn’t think its work is done—the same group that pushed Janus has a new attack in the works.