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This bill aims to significantly modify Kentucky's labor and employment laws, primarily by removing restrictions on public employees' rights to organize, collectively bargain, and potentially strike. The bill eliminates previous limitations on public employees' ability to form labor organizations, deletes several definitions related to political activities and labor organizations, and allows urban-county governments, consolidated local governments, and public employers to make agreements with labor organizations that require membership as a condition of employment. Specifically, the bill removes language that previously prohibited public employees from striking, broadens the definition of "labor organization," and eliminates provisions that restricted how labor organizations could collect dues or engage in political activities. The changes appear to provide more flexibility and rights to labor organizations and public employees, removing previous constraints on their ability to organize, negotiate, and potentially take collective action. The bill also repeals several existing statutes that had previously limited labor organizations' activities, effectively expanding the scope of labor rights for public employees in Kentucky.

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https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb154.html