Join OCSEA Aug. 22 for AFSCME's Highway to Health Care RV tour stop in Cincinnati

Aug. 18, 2009 - "Highway to Health Care” – a rock-n-roll themed RV tour bolstering efforts for health insurance reform – will make a pit stop in Cincinnati on Saturday, August 22, 2009 to provide Ohioans the chance to climb aboard and contact their members of Congress to demand real health insurance reform now.

Community leaders will host a press conference at 12 p.m. at the AFSCME Ohio Council 8 offices, 1213 Tennessee Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, to talk about the tour and how health insurance reform will improve the lives of Ohioans.

In attendance will be members from AFSCME Ohio Council 8, the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association (OCSEA), the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE), AFSCME Ohio Retirees Chapter 1184, the Greater Cincinnati AFL-CIO, Progress Ohio, community activists and local elected officials from across the region.

The Highway to Health Care tour, sponsored by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), features an RV outfitted as a mobile activism center, complete with on-board laptop computers, cell phones and postcards for participants to contact their senators and representatives.

The tour includes health care-related posters and literature that pay homage to famous rock musicians and a video that urges local residents to write and call their members of Congress.

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