Protest Info
From Equality Ohio:
SB 5: Defend domestic partner benefits achieved through collective bargaining
Many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Ohioans who work for public employers, including schools and universities, receive domestic partnership benefits as a result of collective bargaining. These benefits are in jeopardy.
Ohio's Senate Bill 5 contains language that could impact current and future domestic partner benefits for LGBT employees. Join us and thousands of other opponents of SB 5 at the Statehouse in Columbus tomorrow to stand up for equal access to health care and other benefits for all Ohio families. The rally is scheduled for tomorrow, February 22, at 1pm, and the committee hearing is scheduled for 3:30pm so we will be there for much of the afternoon. Look for the Equality Ohio banner and raise your voice with us.
From MoveOn.Org:
Solidarity with Wisconsin in Columbus tomorrow: Bus from Cleveland at 10 AM
Have you seen what's happening in Wisconsin?
Teachers, nurses, students and firefighters have occupied the state capitol building for the past week. On Saturday, 70,000 Wisconsinites took to the streets of Madison to protest their tea party governor's radical attack on public workers.
Wisconsin has become the national rallying point in the fight that will decide whether our economy works for all Americans, or just the super-rich. Republicans are using budget deficits as an excuse to attack workers, cut funding for crucial public services, and threaten successful programs like Social Security.
With the groundswell in Madison, we have our best opportunity yet to stand up to the radical Republicans who think we can cut our way to prosperity. Dozens of progressive organizations are organizing solidarity rallies this week in cities across the country, including one tomorrow in Columbus.
Can you come out tomorrow to make clear that we'll fight back as a national movement, not just state by state? The rally is at the Capitol Building, at 1 Capitol Square, in Columbus. It starts at 1:00 PM tomorrow.
A bus will be leaving from Cleveland at 10 AM. To reserve a place on the bus and for more information contact: KameahleChristopher 410.746.7219 / kchristopher@afscme.org.
11 other states are considering similar bills. And in nearly every state, politicians are using budget shortfalls-caused by a Wall Street-driven recession-as a justification for cutting necessary public services.
So let's get out there tomorrow and show our solidarity. Can you join us at 1:00 PM in Columbus?
Sign On to People For the American Way's Statement of Support for Wisconsin Protesters
From Democracy for America:
Just like what's happening in Wisconsin right now, Governor John Kasich is trying to ram through a radical plan to strip the rights of nurses, teachers, and other middle class workers to negotiate for fair wages and benefits.
Tens of thousands are protesting at the capital in Wisconsin. It's time to hit the streets in opposition to Kasich's plan here in Ohio to start pushing back everywhere against Republicans working to destroy good middle-class jobs.
Can you attend a big rally in Columbus on Tuesday, February 22nd, at 1pm against this radical plan?
Click here for details and to RSVP.
If Columbus is too far away for you to get there on your own, you can join a free bus ride to the capital from five cities around the state.
Click to sign up for a free bus ride near you
NOTE: To assure your spot on the bus, please sign up before noon today, so they can secure your seat.
Thank you for everything you do.
SB 5: Defend domestic partner benefits achieved through collective bargaining
Many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Ohioans who work for public employers, including schools and universities, receive domestic partnership benefits as a result of collective bargaining. These benefits are in jeopardy.
Ohio's Senate Bill 5 contains language that could impact current and future domestic partner benefits for LGBT employees. Join us and thousands of other opponents of SB 5 at the Statehouse in Columbus tomorrow to stand up for equal access to health care and other benefits for all Ohio families. The rally is scheduled for tomorrow, February 22, at 1pm, and the committee hearing is scheduled for 3:30pm so we will be there for much of the afternoon. Look for the Equality Ohio banner and raise your voice with us.
From MoveOn.Org:
Solidarity with Wisconsin in Columbus tomorrow: Bus from Cleveland at 10 AM
Have you seen what's happening in Wisconsin?
Teachers, nurses, students and firefighters have occupied the state capitol building for the past week. On Saturday, 70,000 Wisconsinites took to the streets of Madison to protest their tea party governor's radical attack on public workers.
Wisconsin has become the national rallying point in the fight that will decide whether our economy works for all Americans, or just the super-rich. Republicans are using budget deficits as an excuse to attack workers, cut funding for crucial public services, and threaten successful programs like Social Security.
With the groundswell in Madison, we have our best opportunity yet to stand up to the radical Republicans who think we can cut our way to prosperity. Dozens of progressive organizations are organizing solidarity rallies this week in cities across the country, including one tomorrow in Columbus.
Can you come out tomorrow to make clear that we'll fight back as a national movement, not just state by state? The rally is at the Capitol Building, at 1 Capitol Square, in Columbus. It starts at 1:00 PM tomorrow.
A bus will be leaving from Cleveland at 10 AM. To reserve a place on the bus and for more information contact: KameahleChristopher 410.746.7219 / kchristopher@afscme.org.
11 other states are considering similar bills. And in nearly every state, politicians are using budget shortfalls-caused by a Wall Street-driven recession-as a justification for cutting necessary public services.
So let's get out there tomorrow and show our solidarity. Can you join us at 1:00 PM in Columbus?
Sign On to People For the American Way's Statement of Support for Wisconsin Protesters
From Democracy for America:
Just like what's happening in Wisconsin right now, Governor John Kasich is trying to ram through a radical plan to strip the rights of nurses, teachers, and other middle class workers to negotiate for fair wages and benefits.
Tens of thousands are protesting at the capital in Wisconsin. It's time to hit the streets in opposition to Kasich's plan here in Ohio to start pushing back everywhere against Republicans working to destroy good middle-class jobs.
Can you attend a big rally in Columbus on Tuesday, February 22nd, at 1pm against this radical plan?
Click here for details and to RSVP.
If Columbus is too far away for you to get there on your own, you can join a free bus ride to the capital from five cities around the state.
Click to sign up for a free bus ride near you
NOTE: To assure your spot on the bus, please sign up before noon today, so they can secure your seat.
Thank you for everything you do.