People’s Road Trip to Kick Off from Cincinnati, Events to Encourage Ohioans to Vote NO on Issue 2 to Stop Senate Bill 5
Tomorrow, We Are Ohio will launch the People’s Road Trip in Cincinnati, with trip stops planned all across Ohio. Workers who will vote NO on Issue 2 to stop SB 5 will speak at each stop to encourage Ohioans to vote early. Doug Stern, the Ohio firefighter featured in the first television ad for We Are Ohio will join the People’s Road Trip and will speak at all the stops.
“Issue 2 will affect the safety of not just fire fighters, but our communities as well,” said Doug Stern, Cincinnati firefighter. “The heart of this bill takes away firefighters' professional voices. Issue 2 supporters keep putting forth pension and health care provisions. But the reality is those are nothing more than the magician’s pretty assistant, designed to distract voters from the real issue. The truth is Issue 2 will strip public employees like me from having any real input on safe working conditions and proper staffing levels."
People’s Road Trip Schedule:
Tuesday, October 4
10:50 AM: Hamilton County Board of Elections, 824 Broadway, Cincinnati
1:00 PM: Dayton Cultural Center, 40 S Edwin C Moses Blvd, Dayton
3:00 PM- (TENTATIVE) Regional Proud Ohio Worker press conference
5:00 PM: Lima We Are Ohio Office, 43 Town Square (near Main and Market)
Wednesday, October 5
10:00 AM: (Near) Lucas County Board of Elections, 12th Street (near the corner of 12th and Washington), Toledo
NOON- (TENTATIVE) Regional Proud Ohio Worker Press Conference
3:15 PM: AFL-CIO, 3250 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
6PM-8PM: Community Forum- Bethany Christian Church, 3940 Martin Luther King Drive, Cleveland
Thursday, October 6
10:15 AM: Mahoning County Board of Elections, Oakhill Renaissance Place, 345 Oak Hill Ave Youngstown
2:20 PM: Steubenville Fire Department, 115 South Third Street, Steubenville
2:45 PM: March to the Jefferson County Board of Elections, 117 North Third Street, Steubenville
4:30 PM: (TENTATIVE) Regional Proud Ohio Worker Press Conference
Friday, October 7
10:00 AM: Washington County Board of Elections, 205 Putnam Street, Marietta
12:30 PM: (TENTATIVE) Regional Proud Ohio Worker Press Conference
4:00 PM: Franklin County Board of Elections, 280 East Broad St., Columbus