Sep 20, 2016
Kentucky’s 49th District is home to many Teamsters who have benefited from the strong leadership of State Representative Linda Belcher for the past two years. First elected in 2014, she has done an excellent job standing up for the working people of her district. Teamsters Local 89 is proud to once again endorse Linda Belcher for re-election in Kentucky House District 49.
Since being elected, Linda has served on the Appropriation and Revenue Committee where she has fought hard to secure funding in order to help the people in her district by rebuilding and improving its road infrastructure.
Linda has also served on the Labor and Industry Committee. In February of 2015 when so-called “Right-to-Work” was proposed to the committee, instead of simply voting nay or yay as everyone before her had done, Linda was the first person to take a moment to explain why she was voting against this destructive bill. She spoke eloquently and passionately about why unions were important to her and her family, and why anti-union laws like “RTW” had no place in our state.
“Representative Belcher has been a true advocate of workers in not only Bullitt County, but the entire Commonwealth”, Jay Dennis said. “Because of her very public actions in denouncing destructive ‘Right-to-Work’ legislation, and her advocacy for prevailing wage and project labor agreements, we are fully confident that she will continue to represent the members of Local 89 as well as all working people”.
We at Teamsters Local 89 applaud Linda for her stand against union-busting in Kentucky, and for her dedication to protecting and fighting for the working people of the Commonwealth. We are excited to see her continue her work for another two years after she is re-elected this fall.
If you live in District 49 make sure you are registered to vote and help us re-elect Linda Belcher on November 8th!
Register here: https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb/
