2 more Ky. counties pass right-to-work law

HICKMAN, Ky. (AP) — Two more Kentucky counties located along the Tennessee border have approved right-to-work laws.

Media report that officials in Simpson County and Fulton County voted separately on Tuesday to pass the measures, which would ban requiring workers covered under the National Labor Relations Act to join a union or refrain from joining a union as a condition of employment.

Warren County became the first local government in the country to approve a "right-to-work" law earlier this month, according to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.

The new right-to-work laws defy the state’s Democratic attorney general, who said in an advisory opinion that local governments lack the authority to pass them.

Officials have said they think the move will help them compete for jobs, especially with Tennessee, which has a right-to-work law.

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