Kevin Anderson is a 17 year old boyscout working on his Eagle Scout requirement. He has spent over 200 hours clearing a walking path in east Allentown park. To most American’s, this type of volunteering is seen as a good thing. It’s good unless you are part of a union.
SEIU has a problem with this type of service. Nick Belzano if the president of the local SEIU chapter and he had this to say:
“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.
Towns have no money. That’s why 39 SEIU members were laid off. Those jobs are perceived as a right to union members. There position is if we don’t do the work, you must go without.
Isn’t this at odds with the President’s call to service?
The boy scouts have been performing these services for years. The problem is, the boy scouts do it without government control. They perform acts of service as individuals…not as slaves to the state.
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