Billy Dycus, Author at Tennessee Lookout

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Billy Dycus is the president of the Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council, which represents more than 60,000 workers statewide.

Car decorated for AFL-CIO Protect Our Workers caravan. (Photo: AFL-CIO Facebook)

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Commentary: Right to work laws and the sanctity of Tennessee’s constitution

Billy Dycus - February 9, 2021

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Commentary: Workers must vote for candidates who will strengthen rights

Billy Dycus - September 7, 2020

A United Auto Workers member. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

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Commentary: Pandemic reveals continued importance of manufacturing

Billy Dycus - May 13, 2020

Latest News

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is proposing a permit-less gun carry bill. The bill would allow people to carry a handgun without a permit as long as they are legally allowed by state law. At the same time the governor's bill has created a new set of penalties for those who use weapons to commit crimes. (Photo taken Feb. 3, 2021 in Memphis, Tennessee by Karen Pulfer Focht)

Permit-less gun carry bills steamroll through Legislature

Criminal Justice & Policing March 3, 2021

A view of atmosphere during the Billy Joel performance at the 2015 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Day 4 on June 14, 2015 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Bonnaroo asks for festival property to be annexed by city of...

Working & the Economy March 3, 2021

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Two members of the Tennessee National Guard carry one of the three original Tennessee Constitutions to a waiting vehicle for transport to the new Tennessee State Library and Archives. (Photo: Ray Di Pietro)

Editor’s Column: Tennessee’s Constitution should be handled with care

Commentary March 3, 2021

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JANUARY 15: Demonstrators participate in a protest outside of McDonald's corporate headquarters on January 15, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. The protest was part of a nationwide effort calling for minimum wage to be raised to $15-per-hour. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Bare Minimum

Commentary March 1, 2021

Briefs

Nashville leaders and organizers call for changes to construction safety

Politics Dulce Torres Guzman - March 3, 2021

Interstate section renamed for slain corrections officer

Criminal Justice & Policing Dulce Torres Guzman - February 22, 2021

Nashville police say car thefts tied to warming vehicles

Criminal Justice & Policing Dulce Torres Guzman - February 19, 2021

Bad weather shuts down Legislature for the week

Politics Sam Stockard - February 16, 2021

Belmont University activists wary of new president

Civil Rights Dulce Torres Guzman - February 15, 2021

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