Posts Tagged ‘Canada’

N0433 recommend for Paolo To Tour US and Canada

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Great news for North American Paolo fans - Paolo and his band will be heading your way during the Summer months of July and August.

Have a look at the list of dates below to find out where you can experience Paolo’s brand new live show as he gives the material from his new album ‘Sunny Side Up’ a thorough road test.

Tickets for these shows go on sale right now - click here to buy them from Paolo Nutini Ticketing. (more…)

Canadian Auto Show Rally / toronto auto show

Friday, February 20th, 2009

We’re out on the street raising awareness about the demands for concessions in the auto bailout loan guarantees. Some of the bailout terms attack the rights of unionized autoworkers in both the US and Canada: they demand lower labour costs; they require give backs; they require that Canadian workers follow the dictates of right-wing US southern senators and the Ontario Tories of Harper’s Federal Cabinet. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty supports their conditions too.

Workers can influence this current situation in many ways. Here are some things we’ve started, we are:

building support among other working people;
explaining the importance of Detroit 3 survival;
showing what’s behind the crisis;
arguing against employee “match” demands;
showing that government’s elsewhere don’t impose anti-worker concessions;
challenging their ‘right’ to demand concessions;
supporting minimum concessions for now and getting those concessions reveresed in the future;
promoting “Buy Canadian” procurement policies by governments;
exploring auto industry restructure plans to provide sustainable jobs and products. (more…)