And Unions wonder why membership is down?
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009The story from Allentown, Pennsylvania, is that volunteer work can get a city sued. The SEIU is already noted as a bully and the percentage of Union membership in general may soon be surpassed by the unemployment number. Oh course, Unions are hard at work to ensure they can use a few bad apples to spoil the entire barrel via Card Check, but there is currently enough attention fixed on Health Care reform that it has not come up again as of late.
Unions, as a whole, are much akin to Tape Worm. It gets inside, absorbs nutrients from host, and in some cases released eggs can get into the blood stream and then into the brain. While there are good uses for Unions, they are not well realized today and best represent where the employee is at the weakest: seasonal and short-term work. In those cases, Musicians, Metal Workers, Farm Labor, etc. they can benefit the employee best by supplying the employee with benefits that would often not be realized due to the short term nature of much of their work. Of course, Real, Genuine Health Care reform would take care of that last excuse to hold onto Unions beyond the occaisional need for an employee revolt against an oppressive employer. Of course, then the Union is only necessary for a short period, not longer than the immediate need for employees to work together.
So… back to the point: Boy Scout helps a city by clearing a path. The local SEIU threatens the City with a lawsuit for allowing someone to work for free when people in the Union could be employeed. In a sane world, the good People of Allentown would give their City Council and Mayor another term for using their tax dollars wisely. Somewhat to the SEIU’s credit, they did say the President of the SEIU chapter in Allentown was speaking out of place. Still, perhaps they should think about unionizing the Boy Scouts? Imagine the classic image of the Boy Scout helping the elderly lady accross the street then asking for his madatory tip?
Besides, wasn’t it Obama who said Volunteerism was a good thing?