Recently a federal judge ruled that the right-to-work law in Kentucky is invalid. On Thursday, a lawyer announced that it would seek to appeal this ruling. The "right-to-work" law allows employees of a unionized company to avoid paying dues and becoming a member of the union. A year ago, Hardin County ruled that a unions were prohibited from requiring its members to pay dues in exchange for representation.
See "Kentucky County to Appeal Federal Ruling Striking Right-To-Work Law", The New York Times, February 4, 2016