Union troubled by Eagle Scout project in Allentown

"In the spirit of the holiday, we decided to let that go," Balzano said.

Gee they are just monsters huh.

They laid off arround 17 people and now have to hire out the work these people used to do.

Do you give a rats ass about those families trying to live without jobs while the city pays someone else their pay?

gee, I thought you libs were all about Obamas civil service issue, yet here comes along a cub scout or boy scout doing his civil duty and all you can bitch about is this little boy stealing food out of the mouths of the union members family. :palm:
 
And what about those Girl Guide cookie sellers taking business away from the local bakeries?

Work farms for the lot of them!!!
 
"In the spirit of the holiday, we decided to let that go," Balzano said.

Gee they are just monsters huh.

They laid off arround 17 people and now have to hire out the work these people used to do.

Do you give a rats ass about those families trying to live without jobs while the city pays someone else their pay?

Did you even READ the article or did you just catch that one quote????

They did not decide to let the issue with the boy scout go (though they said they likely would). That quote was for the outside UNION person coming in to do the electrical job.

The union jobs have been the most babied during this downturn. The federal 'stimulus' money has in large part been diverted to saving GOVERNMENT and UNION jobs. Don't YOU give a rats ass about the rest of the people being laid off in the PRIVATE sector?

The very fact that these union morons are whining about a VOLUNTEER (a teenager at that) doing work for FREE as a part of a service to the community just goes to show how pathetic that particular union branch is.
 
LOL. Truly pathetic. "Hey! They'll do volunteer work that I should be paid to do!"

And people are actually defending this?

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

Yeah. I hope they destroy his career for cleaning a trail for his badge requirement.
 
so in your twisted liberal view, the "someone else" who is getting paid doesn't deserve the pay....only union members :rolleyes:

They were already doing the job, why did it make sense to lay them off just to hire someone else?
 
And what about those Girl Guide cookie sellers taking business away from the local bakeries?

Work farms for the lot of them!!!
We should all be forced to buy cookies so that jobs will be created making them, and the machines to make them destroyed so it takes more workers to bake the damn things. This is called socialist utopia.
 
They were already doing the job, why did it make sense to lay them off just to hire someone else?

because the city doesn't have the money to fund the extortionist union....the city is empowered to lay them off and hire others in times of dire economic straights....if the union doesn't like it, then accept lower wages and keep your jobs...it is fucking stupid to demand the same high wages when your employer doesn't have the funds to pay you

i fail to see your bellyache in this matter, nor the unions....the city, low in funds, lays off people from the union, a VOLUNTEER decides to beatify the area by clearing up a trail....and you guys have a problem with this?

that is sick
 
We should all be forced to buy cookies so that jobs will be created making them, and the machines to make them destroyed so it takes more workers to bake the damn things. This is called socialist utopia.

If you throw in free medical care for the obese and diabetic you may be on to something.
 
because the city doesn't have the money to fund the extortionist union....the city is empowered to lay them off and hire others in times of dire economic straights....if the union doesn't like it, then accept lower wages and keep your jobs...it is fucking stupid to demand the same high wages when your employer doesn't have the funds to pay you

i fail to see your bellyache in this matter, nor the unions....the city, low in funds, lays off people from the union, a VOLUNTEER decides to beatify the area by clearing up a trail....and you guys have a problem with this?

that is sick

Same reason so many companies are moving both overseas and to 'right to work' states.
 
They were already doing the job, why did it make sense to lay them off just to hire someone else?

One job...its done and its over....maybe it was to replace a light switch...

you don't need a full time electrician, 40 hours a week, plus benefits to do a 30 minute job....
 
Same reason so many companies are moving both overseas and to 'right to work' states.

while the union workers sit and whine....and demand unreasonably high wages despite hard economic times....most people just go out and get another job...they don't demand they that should be paid when there is no money to pay
 
:lol:

Allentown union official Nick Balzano has been a political punching bag all week because he threatened to file a grievance against the city for allowing a Boy Scout to clear a walking path in a city park.

Three days of taking body blows nationally from conservative pundits, a rebuke from the Lehigh Valley's congressman and even a lashing from his own union led Balzano to voluntarily resign his position Thursday as head of the local Service Employees International Union.


Balzano said he and seven other executive officers of the local SEIU stepped down.

On Wednesday, after getting hit by a steady onslaught of rights, Balzano got hit by one big left when his own union distanced itself from his comments and called Balzano's wounds self-induced.

"His comments were completely unauthorized and they do not reflect the position or views of the union," wrote area leader of the SEIU's Mid-Atlantic District Wayne MacManiman in an apology letter to Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski.

He said the union "has no intentions" of filing a grievance against the city and continues to support the efforts of voluntary organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America.

http://www.mcall.com/news/all-a1_5scout.7091922nov20,0,1983128.story


Score one for the good guys. :good4u:
 
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