The Ohio AFL-CIO would like to thank the unions and labor councils for their involvement in the Health Care rally in D.C. last week.  The Rally crowd was estimated at 10 -15,000.  Ohio Labor made a very good showing and we were the state farthest to the west to send buses.  Over 300 union sisters and brothers joined us in D.C. for a morning meeting at the AFL-CIO, the main Rally on Capitol Hill and an Ohio Town Hall meeting.  
 
Congressional members Brown, Ryan, Kilroy, Driehaus, Fudge and Sutton joined the Ohio Labor delegation during the events to hear our specific legislative points: Public Insurance Option, Employers Pay Their Fair Share, Don't Tax Employee H.C. Benefits.
 
Special thanks to Ohio organizers Doug Sizemore (Cincinnati CLC), Harriet Applegate (North Shore CLC), George Shafer (Northwest CLC), OAPSE/AFSCME,  CWA District 4, OCSEA/AFSCME and Amanda Sabol (Ohio AFL-CIO).  I would also like to thank Katie Gjertson with the National AFL-CIO for her work in organizing the activities with all of labor.  
 

http://www.ohaflcio.org/healthcarereform.html

In addition to our web story (link above) we will include Rally information in the upcoming E Newsletter.  Last week we also generated hundreds of Congressional email petitions in support of Labor's Health Care Reform principles at www.ohaflcio.org.

 
Tim Burga
Chief of Staff
Ohio AFL-CIO