Kentuckians for the Commonwealth

KFTC is a multi-issue organization of working-class families, with a history of working for land reform, environmental justice, and low income assistance programs.

In the 1980s, KFTC was part of a campaign to end strip mining using the broad form deed and has since continued to provide support to the Appalachian region.

They wanted coal and timber companies to pay their fair taxes to support healthy communities in the Appalachian mountains.

[5] KFTC has continued to encourage growth towards its platform by helping establish an unmined coal tax that provides funding for local schools.

[3] KFTC is committed to supporting and encouraging a stronger and more accountable system for low-income areas that have been being taken advantage of by coal companies and corrupt policies.