Hugo Stelmach

Published: October 13, 2007, 7:01 am

Tags: royalties, ed selmach, alberta, tarsands, big oil, royalty review, venezuela, chavez, oilsands

The tactics used by the oil bosses in Venezuela are now being used in Alberta.Media Advisory - Oil Workers to Gather at Legislature to Save Jobs ...A misleading headline, they aren't really the 'oil' workers. Like Venezuela they are the self interested oil bosses forcing their non-union workers to rally for their jobs that they threaten to cut to stop Albertans getting their fare share of royalties.Derrick Jacobson, the owner of Quattro Energy Services, a small oil andgas service company operating in central Alberta, took the initiative oforganizing this rally with his employees and other concerned Albertans.Digging a bit deeper we find like Venezuala it is a right wing political rally organized by the big oil supporters of the Alberta Alliance Party.RE: Grassroots Oilworkers Rally Hello all,We have booked the grounds at the Alberta Legislature for Wednesday, October17th, 2007 at11:00 am. The address is10800-97th Avenue Edmonton, AB. We will have MLA Paul Hinman as a guest speaker.

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