Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Obama's Favorite Union Targets Boy Scout

This one is from Michelle Malkin.



Hey, you know all that high-minded talk from President Obama about calling young people to serve their country?



Well, if it conflicts with Big Labor’s interests, children, there’s a new message: Knock it off!



The Purple Shirted-thugs of the Service Employees International Union — ACORN’s alter ego and Obama’s most frequent visitor — are going after an Eagle Scout who poses a threat to their workers because he’s volunteering too much.



From the Allentown Morning Call:



In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has

toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park.



Little did the do-gooder know that his altruistic act would put him in the cross hairs of the city’s largest municipal union.



Nick Balzano, president of the local Service Employees International Union, told Allentown City Council Tuesday that the union is considering filing a grievance against the city for allowing Anderson to clear a 1,000-foot walking and biking path at Kimmets Lock Park.



”We’ll be looking into the Cub Scout or Boy Scout who did the trails,” Balzano told the council.



Balzano said Saturday he isn’t targeting Boy Scouts. But given the city’s decision in July to lay off 39 SEIU members, Balzano said ”there’s to be no volunteers.” No one except union members may pick up a hoe or shovel, plant a flower or clear a walking path.


Care to comment, President Obama? Or do SEIU thug-in-chief Andy Stern and his “persuasion of power” trump your service message to kids?

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